[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value Controversy- Pictures

[Carl]

Why not let Jay, W1VD, run it thru its paces as he has done with many 
other vintage radios on AMfone?

That would settle its performance pretty well dont you think?

The one I owned was only about 10 years old when I got it and as I said 
earlier I wasnt impressed. (As a teenager in the 50's I wanted one 
simply for the looks but reality resulted in a HQ-129X). Neither were a 
few engineers at National that put it thru its paces. Even then it had 
an aura that it was something more than just a well built radio. They 
were primarily comparing it to the NC-400 which has its own set of 
problems IMO.

The fact that it sold miserably speaks volumes of what prospective 
buyers thought of it then.

When I sold it, it was all original so naturally performance was way 
down in 1998 or so. My parents used it to listen to SW classical music 
and gave it back when they moved to a condo in NC.

Carl
KM1H



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Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value Controversy- Pictures


> Pictures with short descriptions of a typical  SX-88 restoration at:
> http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=17990.20
>
>
> Go to the bottom  of page two. This was a recent discussion at 
> amfone.net on
> vintage receiver  performance.
>
> Regards, Greg
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