[Hallicrafters] SX-88 & SX-101 Knob

[Heinz Breuer DH2FA]

Chuck Groome, that name brings back bad memories, a lot of money lost.

73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT


WA1KBQ at aol.com schrieb:
> 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
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