[Hallicrafters] More SX-110

[Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC]

It seems that we have gone down about 50 different alleys and basically told 
the original poster that he owns a piece of junk even when it was brand new.

The bottom line is the SX-110 can be used with a transmitter and the HT-37 
is a perfect cosmetic match no matter how unpractical the idea.


Dan K9DTC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: "Neil " <neil at ghostdog.com>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] More SX-110


>I just turned mine on and found a SWB station about 12MC/S
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa,
> "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neil " <neil at ghostdog.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:21 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] More SX-110
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'll add my SX-110 story to this drift. Got my general,
>> KH6EAM, back
>> in the mid-sixties. My friends had various homebrew single
>> 6K6 CW
>> xmtrs and an assortment of Heath and Knight kits to flesh
>> everything
>> out. I started with a Globe Chief 90 Deluxe and an SX-110. I
>> was always
>> on the lookout for anything that would improve the receiver.
>> RF preamp,
>> Q-multiplier, passive audio peak/notch filters... all of
>> which helped to
>> varying degrees, but really nothing could make a Ford into a
>> Mercedes.
>>
>> I remember distinctly how mechanically unstable the SX-110
>> was. A jiggle of the
>> desk gave it warbly conniptions. I tried to add reinforcing
>> brackets, lead
>> weights- anything to give it some solid rigidity. Nada. In
>> the end, it was
>> best left alone. From Hawaii, in the wee hours of the
>> morning, I work
>> S.A., Asia, and most of the mainland. All on 40m, but the
>> bands were much
>> quieter back then and less receiver was required.
>>
>> I added a Heath VFO and a military surplus plate modulator
>> to the Chief,
>> then later traded it for a Globe Meteor DSB xmtr. Gold and
>> garish,
>> but it worked just fine. With college, all got left behind,
>> including the hobby.
>>
>> Now I'm relicensed as KI6HJS and have a JRC NDR525 as my
>> main receiver,
>> but have picked up some rehab projects on eBay (HQ-170,
>> which I could finally
>> afford, and an S-76 that I refurbished only to have it blow
>> up on first plug in.
>> "Why is that rectifier tube bright red, that's not supposed
>> to..." too late.)
>> Transmitters now are all QRP kits of one kind or another.
>>
>> When I see a clean SX-110 on eBay I get tempted, but never
>> pulled hard
>> enough to take one on again.
>>
>> 73, Neil KI6HJS
>>
>>
>> Neil Murphy
>> www.ghostdog.com
>> 650.375.0886 wrk
>> 650.533.2015 mobile
>>
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