[Hallicrafters] re SX-88 pricing

[Carl]

Having owned a SX-88 from 1966 to around 98 I can say it was the 2nd 
best Halli had at the time but thats not saying much. It is a very 
pretty radio. That someone paid me $2500 for it speaks volumes about the 
obsessiveness of collectors.

Id compare it to a NC-183D with better selectivity options but less 
stability as well as mechanical problems.

Give me a SX-73/R-274, GPR-90, HRO-500, 51J4 or R-390A any day of the 
week (I have the TMC, National, and both Collins) as better examples of 
general coverage receivers of the era.

The speaker you mentioned is the R-42 and I have 2 of them, one on a 
SX-62A. Nice sounding.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Stenberg" <k9cox at charter.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] re SX-88 pricing


> Performance has little bearing on the price of vintage receivers. I 
> have a
> $10 softrock SDR receiver http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/RX_V9_0/index.htm 
> that
> performs better than any boatanchor receiver that I own. It is only 
> single
> band however and a full HF coverage model would cost about $44. This 
> assumes
> of course that one already owns a computer.
>
>    73 Ross K9COX
>
>
>>I might add, is it really worth the price? What I mean by that is, 
>>aside
>> from being rare, does it's performance justify a reasonable portion 
>> of the
>> cost ?  I.e. I would hate to pay over 1K for a
>> receiver with mediocre performance.
>
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