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

[Lloyd KK7IZ]

Splitting cases:
A few years ago I provided some repair kits for this.
If there is aaenough interest and money to cover expenses I might make some 
more.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
480-620-7145


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA1KBQ at aol.com>
To: <ianwebb5 at comcast.net>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 splitting meter case & front panel 
&questions HELP?


>I forgot to address the other questions.  Likewise I also do not believe
> the silver front panel denotes a commemorative or  special receiver or 
> equates
> to significantly higher value in the market but it  may to some. While 
> they
> are rare they do appear from time to time and I have  seen them hyped in
> sales descriptions at times but have also not seen an  authoritative
> explanation for their existence. In short, we just don't know.  Personally 
> if I was
> going to pay a premium it would be for originality and  physical condition
> but that's just my personal take on it.
>
> The RF tuning  capacitor section Cover went through several different
> designs during SX-28 and  SX-28A production. Later versions had vented 
> covers
> secured by spring clips but  earlier versions had vented covers attached 
> with
> thumbscrews and earlier still  had non-vented covers attached with machine
> screws I think. For a more in-depth  description of various SX-28 and 
> SX-28A
> model differences check Henry Rogers'  very informative Hallicrafters 
> SX-28
> web site at radioblvd.com which is  affiliated with the Western Historic
> Radio Museum.
>
> 73, Greg
>
> In a  message dated 10/17/2009 11:55:32 A.M. Atlantic Standard Time,
> ianwebb5 at comcast.net writes:
> 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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