[Hallicrafters] SX-88 & SX-101 Knob

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Yep, They were made for Jim at Dayco. Was it  200? I thought he told me 100 
but I could be mistaken. Jim managed to sell  nearly all of them except for 
a small stash he held toward the end. I believe  Chuck Groome in Paris TX 
now has those remaining few and I don't know how he  managed to get them.

Regards, Greg

In a message dated 11/15/2009  12:23:57 A.M. Atlantic Standard Time, 
ewirtz at hbci.com writes:
Hey  guys,

A little bit of trivia on the SX88 belt saga.  Jim Jorgenson  K9RJ, rest his
soul, had new belts made. I know because I bought two of them.  One I
installed in my SX88. The other I stored inside the radio for safe  keeping.
It went with the radio when I sold it several years ago. Jim had 200  of
these made. Where all of them are now I have no idea.  

73,

Ed, KØBKA

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net]  On Behalf Of Roy Morgan
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:01 PM
To:  hallicrafters Hallicrafters
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-88 & SX-101  Knob


On Nov 14, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
...  If anyone could figure out a way
> to make a profit producting  reproduction knobs, I figured Hank was  
> the  man.

Reproduction parts of good quality are a problem to  manufacture.  Take  
the belt used in the SX-88, for  instance.  I've heard second hand that  
one collector tried to  find these belts and talked with an engineer at  
the company that made  the original ones.  The sad part is that the  
company had cleaned  out not too long before and disposed of the molds  
needed to create  more of the unique belt.  The even more sad part is  
that to  recreate the mold and do a modest production run was going to  
cost  many thousands of dollars.  With only one hundred fifty known   
radios, the market is very small and the price to produce per belt   
would  be very  high.

Roy

Roy  Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073
Home:  607-898-3607
Cell:  301-928-7794



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