[Hallicrafters] ebay SX-88 - Wow!

[Carl]

I kept far away from that thread but read it all!

Was Jay the young guy next to you when you were hoisting the HT-20 out of 
the car. He knew me right off but I couldnt place him. Same with Tom under 
all the clothes and hat!

A HT-20 would keep my SX-73 good company. I even have a nice HT-18 for it 
which is currently driving the postwar HT-9 which would probably become 
surplus.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; <hallicraftersx28 at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] ebay SX-88 - Wow!


> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>
>> I like my 73 and now Im sorry I sold the 88 in 98 which was given to me 
>> in
>> 69 (interesting story there) and I gave it to my parents. Id love to be 
>> able
>> to do a real lab shakedown test on all the high rollers.
>
> Carl, one of the guys hanging around with us at NEAR-Fest has one we
> can have Jay run through its paces at some point. He got it from the
> same seller a few years back and relayed to me the hassles he had
> removing excess oil from the air variables along with aligning the
> high bands to the point where they actually worked. He paid a lot of
> money for it and expected it to be in top condition when received.
> Wish I'd thought to mention it to him while you were standing there,
> he'd have gone off like a firecracker. :D
>
> Halli made some very nice stuff, generally discovered from actual use
> rather than reading old ads. Hype is hype, and the promotion for the
> SX-88 is no exception. Until the posting on 'fone last year I was
> never aware that Litz wire made a good or mediocre receiver into the
> best. Also wasn't aware that it was so rare. Then again, if it really
> was such a great piece of equipment, price alone wouldn't have kept it
> from selling better. The 75A-4 came out around the same time for a
> similar price and did quite well in comparison.
>
> I know a guy with several SX-73s and hope to get one from him sometime
> in the future. It's one of the Halli rigs I'd really enjoy getting to
> play with.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4