[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Thread

[WA1KBQ at aol.com]

Your spin and deflection is getting no where!  "World's best receiver" are 
your words, I never said it. We answered the OP's  questions long ago. This is 
the Hallicrafters Reflector and the moderator is  having a good time with this 
one. Besides, we haven't seen this much action here  in a long time. This 
subject is so hot Duane is probably selling advertising  right now.

-Greg

In a message dated 2/9/2009 8:56:46 P.M. US  Eastern Standard Time, 
ka1kaq at gmail.com writes:
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:25  PM,  <WA1KBQ at aol.com> wrote:
> I did say it does not deserve  to  be
> maligned by folks who have never operated a correctly  restored and adjusted
> SX-88

And your repeated assumption appears  to be that anyone who disagrees
with you hasn't done this, or they'd  agree.

I'll point out again as others have, that the originator of  this
thread asked for opinions of cost vs performance, not an opinion  of
the world's best receiver. Yet time and time again, you choose to  turn
it into that - here and elsewhere. I can only guess it relates to  your
many posts about old radios as investments, and protecting  your
investments. As I said in my response to your email to me, it's a  sad
way to spend your radio time, but it's your life and  your....enjoyment
I guess.

Nowhere did I see anyone say that the 88 is  a bad receiver, merely
pointing out their view of shortcomings related to the  collector
pricing. That's not 'maligning' the radio beyond disagreeing with  your
view of the cost vs performance ratio.

Really, they're just cool  old radios that we love and 99.9% of the
world will see as broken toaster  ovens when we're gone. Also sad, but
true.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4  

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