[Hallicrafters] SX-88

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If you do it purely for your own enjoyment it matters not whether  you get 
approval from others. If the economic side gets to  be important then the 
opinion of others starts to be important  also. Very generally speaking this 
means in order to get the maximum  benefit or enjoy the equipment to its 
maximum advantage most prewar stuff should  be maintained as factory original as 
possible but most post  war stuff should be restored to proper working 
order. The prewar stuff has very  little to offer when working and the postwar 
stuff has very little to  offer unless it does work. Most prewar stuff is 
historically significant  while very little postwar stuff changed history to 
any great degree  other than perhaps the Collins R-388. Every communications 
receiver the  various manufacturers offered right up to the Collins R-388 is  
essentially the RME-9 circuit in a different looking box. The RME-9 was the 
 father of the communications receiver as we know it but the Collins R-388  
changed everything.
 
Regards, Greg
 
 
In a message dated 10/30/2011 7:52:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hcawthra at sbcglobal.net writes:

I find  that I like the looks and history behind the old rigs but I'm 
becoming  
more practical. I'm beginning to thin down my collection. I thought I was  
going 
to "wow" the club members with the gold dust twins all that was said  was 
"they 
sure are big and heavy" I really like the E-Ham reviews when a  guy 
compares a 
old rig to his 2000+ rig and gives the old rig a low  rating. Sort of like 
comparing a 1954 corvette to a 2010 corvette.   Saying all that I almost 
bought a 
Bauer 707 transmitter, it was all I  could do to walk away, I say 
collecting is a 
disease. Howard  KA6IOB
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