[Hallicrafters] Another SX-88 surfaced

[Carl]

The 300 I had here for a rebuild was very stable, even on 10M after about a 
20 minute warmup. Replaced the 6AU6 with a 6AH6 as the first step based upon 
the Viking 122 VFO upgrade in the 50's.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>; "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; 
"KA1KAQTodd" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Another SX-88 surfaced


The later Globe King 500 units used basically the WRL-755 and then the 
WRL-755A VFOs. At least by themselves, those VFOs are very stable after just 
a few minutes warm up. I had a 755 VFO when I first upgraded from Novice 
Class to General Class in October of 1959 and got another one several years 
ago to re-create my primary station from that period. Both of those VFOs 
were/are very stable.

The Globe Champion 300- series and the Globe Champion 350- series use the 
same basic VFO and are very stable after a short warm up. At least the VFO 
in my Globe Champion 350A is very stable.

Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


________________________________
From: Mike Everette <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
To: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; KA1KAQTodd <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Another SX-88 surfaced



--- On Wed, 11/2/11, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:


> I've always liked the Globe King too, even though it's not
> quite up
> with the others in overall quality. It sure helped a lot of
> guys get
> big signals on the air. And it looks good.
>

The "Globe King" needs some qualification. Which version?

The Globe King 500 was a nice enough rig. The later version with the VFO 
was, given the location of the VFO, probably a drifter. I did have a GK500 
without the VFO and drove it with a VF-1. It worked well.

The GK400 on the other hand is a deathtrap! BEWARE.

I once owned one, which I bought for $25 in 1972. (This was a year or so 
prior to the 500, which I didn't pay much more for. The owner wanted to get 
it out of his shack, fast. After all, AM was dead, right?)

The 400 has plug-in coils, and to get to them you must open the top of the 
cabinet. WARNING! THE DOOR HAS NO INTERLOCK!

I darn near met my Maker one night, very late (circa 2 am), when I decided 
to change bands on the 400. I was actually about to grab the coil, when I 
JUST HAPPENED to notice the pilot light for the HV supply was glowing (yes, 
mine had a light for this, but I don't remember if it was original), and 
jerked my hand back.

Omigawd. It took several minutes before I got over that scare.

I didn't keep that transmitter very long after this incident. One of the 
filament transformers arced over, which may have been the work of my 
guardian angel; who knows. In fact I sold the 3 decks (actually scrapped the 
RF deck and sold most of the parts), and kept the cabinet, which later 
housed (and still does) the power supplies and meter panel for my ART-13.

73

Mike
W4DSE


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