[Hallicrafters] Fwd: SX-88 Value Controversy- Pictures

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The fact that it sold in low numbers (miserably  you said) was because the 
receiver was originally targeting a government  contract that did not go 
through. Hallicrafters decided to go through with a  small production run anyway at a 
loss as a "halo" receiver which ended up  selling around 500 units over the 
course of one year but the high price ($5000  in today's dollars) was more than 
most hams were willing to shell out for a  Hallicrafters. Around 100 have 
been accounted for so far today.

-Greg  Gore


From: km1h at jeremy.mv.com
To: WA1KBQ at aol.com,  hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 2/7/2009 5:35:40 P.M. US Eastern Standard  Time
Subj: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value Controversy-  Pictures


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



----- Original  Message ----- 
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:20  PM
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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