[Hallicrafters] ebay SX-88 - Wow!

[Barrie Smith]

Todd, you Rascal:

Just after you posted this I went and looked at my SX-73.  Sure enough, the 
knob is the same as the SX-88.  I posted a 'want" on three different 
reflectors, with no response.

A few evenings later I was chatting with a few stations on 3870 and 
mentioned that I was looking for an SX-73 tuning knob.

On the next go around a station in Spokane, Washington broke in and said: 
"I just came down and turned on the radio and just as it warmed up I heard 
someone ask about an SX-73 tuning knob.  Who asked?  I have one."

What an amazing coincidence!

The knob arrived in the mail Friday.  No charge!

73, Barrie, W7ALW

<WA1KBQ at aol.com> wrote:
> The only source for an original would be from another SX-88.

Not true. Actually the same knob was used on at least two other
receivers, though one is fairly scarce (or at least, pricey) and the
other would qualify as rare since under a dozen had been accounted for
last I knew. One is the SX-73 and the other is the R-649 CG/Treasury
AC/DC set. Barrie might have luck tracking down a parts donor SX-73
w/knob and just need to swap the skirts.The skirt on the 73 and 649 is
used only for locking (no logging scale), so it's much smaller in
diameter. Remove the three screws from the back and attach one of
those new repro skirts (if you don't have an original) and away you
go. Hallicrafters was at least as good as other companies when it came
to using the same parts across several different models.

If I still had my spare R-649 I could yank the knob and send it to
you, Barrie. The responsibility for 20% of the surviving examples was
just too much to bear, so I gave it to W3JN. His SX-88 has both its
knobs, he actually was looking for the radio. (o:

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4