[Hallicrafters] SX-88 Thread

[WA1KBQ at aol.com]

Let's clear this one up. I am in the  professional racing business and I am 
not concerned about what the values of a  few old radios do that I happen to 
have around here. I enjoy tinkering with  these things and learning about the 
history of them in my spare time because  they can challenge you technically 
sometimes and I enjoy a good challenge that  is not related to mechanical 
engineering all the time. I am in the Research and  Development department at 
Hendrick Motorsports since 1989. The Hendrick research  department does the prototype 
work for future mainstream content as well as the  5, 24, 48 and 88 
restrictor plate engines for Daytona and Talladega so what an  SX-88 does value-wise is 
not all that important. I think they are pretty good  though when all 
circuits are pulling their weight..

-Greg

In a  message dated 2/9/2009 8:56:56 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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