[Hallicrafters] SX-111 short commentary

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Shaum" <k9tr at btsnetworks.net>
To: <macklinbob at msn.com>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 3:58 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-111 short commentary


> 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

    I am not so sure the weight counts for much.  The 
important thing is rigidity. Sometimes a massive structure 
is anything but rigid.  I think in general the most stable 
receivers are not the heaviest.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com