[Hallicrafters] SX28 in trash(continued )

[Roy Morgan]

On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:04 PM, Mike Everette wrote:

> What REALLY slays me, are the a** h***s who "part out"
> prefectly good, working radios... to "maximize their
> profit."

Mike,

Mind  you I have not done it yet, but I have considered parting out  
one radio.  It's  NOT a "perfectly good radio".  It's  Viking I which  
has suffered many many very badly done mods:

  - VR tube hung by the wires to the socket pins under the chassis
- 4D32 replaced with a pair of 6146's, space made with a hacksaw.
- no cabinet at all
- other mods too obscure and badly done to recognize.

In another case, I have both a BC-348 and an HQ-145 in which all the  
tube parts (sockets, wiring, resistors, caps) have been removed and  
discarded. In their place, small BC boards with solly state parts  
soldered to the board dead bug style have been installed.  Also, the  
cases have been spray painted in striped red, white and blue.  Knobs  
and all.  (shudder).

I have seriously considered simply putting these radios out of their  
misery.

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180