[Hallicrafters] Bottom chassis/cabinet cover for Hallicrafters SX 28 A needed

[Mike Everette]

Reproduction bottom cabinet covers are, O'm pretty sure, available from Dan Arney who is often on this reflector.

Ot wouldn't be hard to make one yourself, if you have a template.  It's a piece of not too thick sheet steel with some vent slits, and about 12 volt holes around the edges to correspond with the holes around the opening in the cabinet bottom.  I think the vent slits also serve as alignment access; the radio has to be finally aligned with the cover in place.  

I think what Al and I were discussing may have been the bottom cover for the rack mount version.  Believe it or not, I actually have one of these legendary items.  They are very seldom seen.  This covers the entire bottom of the chassis, not just the RF deck.  It's made of steel.    It has a few vent slits on one side, and a sort-of screen made of sheet aluminum beneath part of the power supply/audio area.  This screen is like that in the earlier SX-28 RF tube covers.

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Thu, 7/14/11, Al Parker <anchor at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Al Parker <anchor at ec.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Bottom chassis/cabinet cover for Hallicrafters SX 28 A needed
> To: "John King" <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Halliyahoo" <HallicraftersRadios at yahoogroups.com>, hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 1:29 PM
> Hi John,
>     IIRC, it's just a flat steel cover with
> some vent holes, round I think. 
>   Seems like Mike Everette & I had some discussion
> about these a few yrs 
> ago and I measured one up and made a sketch.  I'll see
> if either he or I 
> have a cc, if you haven't found one yet.
> 73,
> 
> Al, W8UT
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> On 7/13/2011 8:16 PM, John King wrote:
> > The RE says it all. I have a 1945 Hallicrafters SX 28
> A without the bottom cover
> >
> > for the cabinet/chassis. The old receiver appears to
> be a good candidate for
> > restoration with a minimum of discoloration on the
> cabinet. A careful paint job
> > should take care of that cosmetically.
> >
> >
> > Naturally it will need re-capping and resistor checks
> and replacement of out of
> > tolerance parts. I have it on the bench in line as a
> winter project.
> >
> > If you have a bottom cover that you can dispose of or
> know where I can get one,
> > please shoot me an email and let me know. Thanks for
> reading and any assistance
> > you can pass along. 73, John, K5PGW
> >
> >
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