[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value

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Hi-jacked thread? Really, how so??? 

-Greg Gore

In a message  dated 2/7/2009 youngbob53 at msn.com writes:
>It looks like the thread was  hijacked by some SX-88 nut!

>Bob Young
>Analog,  MA
>KB1OKL


FROM THE AMFORUM: 

W3JN who initiated the  thread said in post #7 (excerpt):
"My experiences are borne by generally  having owned/restored multiple copies 
(in some cases 8-10 of the same  radio).  It's interesting, yet predictible, 
that my inclusion of the 75A-4  on the "worst" list has created a fair amount 
of breast beating.  It's  certainly not a bad receiver by any means; it has 
its plusses and minuses just  like anything else, but is certainly by far the 
WORST value (with the exception  of an SX-88) in a ham band receiver out there 
if you're paying  "retail".

Then in post #8 W9LBB responded with this:
"Funny you should  mention the SX-88. I wound up swapping my GPR-90 to a 
local here who ALSO has an  SX-88 on the operating bench! I've tuned it a few 
times, but I don't see  anything mystical about it; the beast is a competent tube 
receiver, and that's  about it. That rig has to be the KING of overrated 
receivers!"

Which was  followed by this one from the OP W3JN in post #11:
"Per the SX-88, I have  one, and it's nice but nothing special IMHO.  The 
75A-4 is a better  reciever, and a better value if you're paying $5K+ for a 
SX-88.  Course I  didn't pay anywhere NEAR that for mine.  I like the SX-88 and 
prolly  wouldn't get rid of it, mainly because it came from a friend.
 
 
 
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