[Hallicrafters] SX-111 short commentary

[Mark Shaum]

Bob,

The SX-111 shares the majority of its electrical design with the SX-101 series.  It even has its later models that had a product detector built in, much as the SX-101A added the same to its lineage.

What the SX-111 is missing is about 40 additional pounds of weight that the SX-101 series uses for a more advanced dial drive, heavier chassis and cabinet, etc.  Hallicrafters used to tout the SX-101 as having "65 pounds of character" in two-page QST ads showing the full front panel.

I have an SX-101 Mk 2, an SX-101A versions and an early SX-111.  I know some people who hate the 111 but I don't recall any valid reasoning.  Maybe it is the pinched-disk drive used on the 111 vs. the  gear train on the 101 series, who knows?  Electrically I find their performance about equal.

73! - Mark K9TR

Re:

From: Bob Macklin<macklinbob at msn.com>
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-111?

I have been looking at a SX-111. I have the impression it is pretty much a
ham band only version of the SX-100.

Am I missing something?

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ