[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value Controversy

[Rodger]

Well said Harry!

On a related note,  I took my family down to your area (Townsend) for a 
few days after Christmas and I picked up the Jimmy Buffet book, "A Salty 
Piece of Land" to read while down there.  At the start of the second 
chapter one of the characters states that he chose the location for his 
home where it was free of trees and power lines so "he could receive a 
clear signal from the heavens" and then went on to talk about listening 
to the Hallicrafters S-40B  that his father had bought the day he was 
discharged from the Navy.  He spends several pages describing why the 
Hallicrafters is special.  Just another example of how a certain radio 
has a special meaning and magic to an individual.

The S-40B does fade from the story but the rest of the book is still OK.

Rodger WQ9E

Given his use of the specific model number one would guess that Jimmy 
must have Harry Vaught, KT4AE wrote:
> To me, the point of collecting Hallicrafters has never been whether or 
> not it is the best brand or whether an individual model is the best 
> radio.  It comes from my childhood when I was allowed to stay up late on 
> Saturday night to listen to Judy Canova on my Dad's S-40A.
>
> What difference does it make if the SX-88 is or is not the best radio? 
> I firmly believe that we don't choose our enthusiasms; they choose us.
>
> Harry, KT4AE
> Maryville, Tennessee
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