[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Value Controversy

[lrlayton at cox.net]

While cruising the internet today, I came across this short piece of fiction  by Pat Bunsold WA6MHZ,  which features a Hallicrafters SX-88. For boat-anchor fans It is well worth reading.

Here is a link:

http://windsweptpress.com/sxadv.pdf

The story of finding my own SX-88 is almost as strange,  but then I'm no writer.

Les Layton
Las Vegas, NV 



---- Rodger <wq9e at dtnspeed.net> wrote: 
> 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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