[Hallicrafters] SX-28 splitting meter case & front panel &questions HELP?

[Lloyd KK7IZ]

Silver faced SX-28's
Guess it depends on which liar you want to listen too:
"Presentation radio for the King of Jordan"
"Presentation unit for His Nibs the Duke of Paducah"
"Presentation unit for the Grand Pubah of............."
You get the idea.
I have a 28 setting on the back of my bench. One day something fell against 
it and about 1/4 of the paint fell off. Subsequently the rest is gone. 
Beautiful nickel plate underneath.
I have also seen some very early radios with rust coming thru the finish.
My guess.....they nickel plated some of the panels to prevent corrosion. 
Probably stopped when the war made nickel scarce. Anyway that's my guess.
Now about my radio, it is an FCC model.
Probably made as a presentation radio to the head of the FCC.
I also got some lanwamp for sale.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian" <ianwebb5 at comcast.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:55 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 splitting meter case & front panel &questions 
HELP?


> Yes, I've searched the archives but sure don't find the thread about this
> problem that I recall reading before I knew that I might acquire and 
> SX-28.
>
> I have a very early SX-28 that I hope I can bring back to life.  It's 
> serial
> number is 20 or so higher than the earliest S/N recorded in the SX-28 info
> on the Western Computer Museum web site.
>
> The meter case is split very badly and before I remove the front panel to
> start working in that area and have it fall apart while I do that, I hope 
> to
> get the advantage of somebody else's experience of how to handle the
> splitting case on the meter without doing further damage.
>
> I'd appreciate a link to any specific information since I assume somewhere
> it's posted and I need YOUR ADVICE and HANDS ON EXPERIENCE about the best
> way to keep from damaging the meter and providing a way to preserve the
> meter for continued use.
>
> I also am interested in anybody who has a metal/silver colored front panel
> on their SX-28.  It appears to me that this receiver has a silver panel 
> and
> that it has NOT been stripped of paint in the past to make it silver.
> However I may be wrong.  The 2 indented bands in the dial area still have
> red paint in them and the lettering in that area is NOT filled in.
>
> I have found a short item in a QST in the ARRL archives by a ham who no
> longer appears in the QRZ database asking about others with a silver front
> panel.  He said he knew of one other like that.
>
> What do you know about the "silver" panel(s).  I will look carefully at 
> the
> back of the panel when I remove it and see if it appears to be the 
> "proper"
> blue/gray or something close, maybe indicative of it not having been
> stripped.
>
> The cover to the tuning capacitor and tube box on top of the chassis was
> loose in the cabinet and appears original.  It is a SOLID piece of metal
> with no vent holes and was obviously on at one time and is not a recent
> fabricated piece.  All that I've seen in the early manual shows a cover 
> with
> vent holes in it.  Any information about this???  Should I drill some 
> holes
> to provide venting?  Wish I still had access to a metal shop with the
> selection of punches in the free standing punch!
>
> I'd appreciate your advice!   Thanks!
>
> Ian, K6SDE
> San Jose, CA area
>
>
>
>
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