[Hallicrafters] Halli SX-101A advice

[Carl]

Any radio that I consider valuable or historic and want to actually use as 
compared to stare at, gets the caps all restuffed. Resistors are replaced 
with NOS carbons of the same appearance and new values painted on when 
necessary to use a few that have drifted out of tolerance. In some cases 
such as very early National gear Ive replicated the originals.

Doing it that way is time consuming but the performance results and 
preservation are well worth it. I certainly wouldnt waste my time on a low 
cost or high volume set which would cover from a S-38 to SX-28. I did 
restuff the SX-9, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 23 as those are sufficiently rare 
enough for the effort. Im not interested in owning other early models just 
to stare at as most are useless to operate.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark K3MSB" <mark.k3msb at gmail.com>
To: <WA1KBQ at aol.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Halli SX-101A advice


> Good post Greg.
>
> I'd like to add that over the past several years I've kept the original
> parts from radios I've recapped.    The baggies and jelly jars don't take 
> up
> much space,  and those parts will be available in the future should I, or
> subsequent owner, decide to do a more in depth restoration as contrasted 
> to
> an electrical restoration which is what I consider recapping to be.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:35 AM, <WA1KBQ at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Purely from a value perspective a working SX-101(A) will probably  be 
>> more
>> highly prized by most than a non-working original.
>>
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