[Hallicrafters] SX-88 & SX-101 Knob

[Ka9p at aol.com]

You might try KE9PQ just to see if he knows - he handled most of Jim's  
estate stuff, and might be able to confirm if he ever had them, or sold them,  
just in case.  I know Jim had several very near the time of his passing, as  
he gave me one.  Getting them made was a non-trivial exercise, but Jim's  
forte was making stuff like that happen.  73 Scott
 
 
In a message dated 11/14/2009 10:47:58 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
WA1KBQ at aol.com writes:

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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