[Hallicrafters] SR-400 MODS

Fri Apr 8 15:43:30 EDT 2011

Jim and All -

I had the pleasure of talking with Bob on the air some years back. He was 
living in an assisted living facility at the time. Unfortunately, and this 
really MAKES ME ANGRY!, the housing facility forced him to get off the air. 
Personally I consider this borderline criminal. This man did so much for 
many Americans and now in his latter years somebody with a piece of paper 
hanging on the wall tells this man he can not use his FCC issued Amateur 
Radio rights? There is something very damn wrong with this!

So why don't all of you reading this get off your comfortable couches, warm 
up the word processing program and send your Congressman, or woman, and/or 
your Senators, a letter demanding our rights as licensed Amateur Radio 
operators to be allowed to use our radio equipment while living in a nursing 
home or assisted living unit or whatever. We are paying to live there, and 
we should not be stripped of our American and civil rights!

One day most of us will be where Bob unfortunately wound up. I do not know 
about you, but I am going to demand to be allowed to use my VHF for local 
QSO's and my HF for DX if I so desire. What right do these social workers 
have to control our destiny?

Duane, W8DBF

P.S. FYI: When I spent 3.5 months in a hospital and a rehab nursing home, 
you can bet your rump liver spots that I had a HTX-202 stashed in my 
briefcase that my daughter brought in for me!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Liles" <james.liles at comcast.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:35 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SR-400 MODS

> Hi Chuck:
>
> Bob Orwin was the chief engineer at Hallicrafters through the 
> SR-2000/SR-400
> era.  He and his team were some of the most forward thinking people of the
> time although they were a bit of an anachronism as tubes had already given
> way to solid state technology.  Always admired the Hallicrafters team
> because they were not limited to placing their napkin on the lap, eating
> with one hand under the table, and pushing the soup spoon outward.  Kinda
> thought of them as rebel genius not stogy old guys.  The SR-2000/400/HA-20
> reflected their character.  The first and only 2000 watt desk top
> transceiver built and first with dual simultaneous receive using the 
> HA-20.
>
> If you wish to add the file, go to tech tips in the Hallicrafters 
> reflector.
> There you will find an email address to send to.  Looking forward to 
> viewing
> the content.
>
> Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:09:52 -0700
> From: KA6UUP <ka6uup at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SR 400A Mods
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
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> Guys,
> In the late eighties, I bought a SR 400 A with HA 20 out of the Ham
> Trader Yellow Sheets. (Remember them?)
> When I received it I discovered it had been thru the hands of Bob
> Orwin.(W9YKA. I think. Can't read his handwriting) in 1986.
> Formerly an engineer with Hallicrafters.
> It had been "converted?" to be used as a CB xceiver!
> The owner Jack Jasensky KD9NA, had sent it to Bob to be fixed.
> There were a few improvements made by Bob and this radio is really
> fantastic. The Rx, especially, is nice.
> Quiet and very sensitive.
> I received all the notes Bob had made on the repair, as well as  a two
> page letter, an invoice for the repairs, and a note from
> Jack KD9NA to Ron, the guy I bought it from. (Don't remember his last
> name or call)
> I have reproduced all this into a single file.
> If someone could tell me how, I would upload it to the Hacrafters
> Collectors site as well as here in the Files section,
> so it can be downloaded.
> I have been sitting on this info for too long now.
> This thread on the SR 400A reminded me and I decided to get it copied
> and uploaded before I forgot. Again.
> 73,
> Chuck KA6UUP
>
>
>
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