[Hallicrafters] Hallis Being Manufactured Again?

Sat Apr 2 14:11:39 EDT 2011

I need to put Lysol on my soldering gun....

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Fri, 4/1/11, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:

> From: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hallis Being Manufactured Again?
> To: "Lloyd Godsey" <kk7iz at cox.net>, "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>, hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 9:20 PM
> We still need to wear the hip boots
> for a few more hours.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lloyd Godsey" <kk7iz at cox.net>
> To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>;
> 
> <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hallis Being Manufactured
> Again?
> 
> 
> > Pass the shovel, please
> >
> > Thanx
> > Lloyd Godsey KK7IZ
> > kk7iz at cox.net
> > 480-620-7145
> > http://www.lloydsdipsydumpster.com/
> > http://www.antiqueradioarchives.com/
> >
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:05 PM
> > To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Hallicrafters] Hallis Being Manufactured
> Again?
> >
> >
> >
> >      21st Century Hallicrafters
> Reproduction Announced!
> >
> >
> >     I was more than a little
> startled this morning when I
> > received a fax from a representative of the Halligan
> family.
> > Apparently my acquisition of the call sign of William
> > Halligan Sr., W9WZE, caught their attention.
> >
> >     The phenomenal resurgence of
> interest in Hallicrafters
> > products sparked an idea in one of the grandson's
> mind.  He
> > set to work over a year ago on a project to recreate
> an exact
> > reproduction of the most rare and sought after
> Hallicrafters
> > item. The Hallicrafters SX-88 receiver.
> >
> >     This is an exact component for
> component copy of the
> > original receiver introduced in 1954. This 20 tube,
> six
> > band, dual conversion masterpiece is called the
> SX-88K. The
> > 'K' representing the year 2000.
> >
> >     It covers 535 Khz - 33 Mhz
> with that smooth as silk
> > mechanical flywheel tuning.  The selectivity of
> 250 Hz to 10
> > Khz in six steps is incredible. It hears what other
> receivers
> > only have ghost images of! Where else can you find a
> 10 watt
> > audio amplifier, delayed AGC, locking tuning dial and
> > exalted BFO in the 1950's?
> >
> >     Because the reproduction of
> this most classic
> > Hallicrafters receiver will generate hitherto
> unimagined
> > demand, many who wish to own this reproduction will be
> left
> > with cash in hand and heartbroken. Wrong!
> >
> >     Because the grandson is
> determined to make it available
> > to the common Hallicrafters devotee, not just the ones
> with
> > Gold lined wallets, production will continue until the
> demand
> > ceases.  To insure that those who want one can
> afford it, the
> > price will be actual production cost plus 7%! The
> actual
> > price to be announced on October 31, 2008.  The
> first units
> > should ship on, or about, February 2, 2009.
> >
> >     Because the grandson has a
> passionate love for
> > Hallicrafters, rivaled only by his hate for EBAY, all
> > purchasers of the SX-88K will be required to sign a
> > declaration stating that the receiver can never be
> sold on
> > any electronic auction ever for any reason whatsoever.
> If
> > this agreement is breached, the seller is subject to
> repay
> > the manufacturer, or the manufacturers agent, a sum
> equal to
> > fifty times the original purchase price of the
> receiver.
> >
> >     If you are interested in
> owning one of these
> > classic reproductions, please contact Amiel
> Spoofenstat in
> > Hilversum, Holland at: 001-31-35-672-4422. Be sure to
> ask for
> > his personal Secretary, Sloof Lirpa.
> >
> >
> > By, Duane Fischer W8DBF
> > Original: April 1, 2000
> > h-spoof.lit
> > 
> >
> > Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
> > E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
> > Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
> > HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net
> >
> >
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