[Hallicrafters] S-40 and S-40A dial string

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
To: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>; "Roger D 
Johnson" <n1rj at roadrunner.com>
Cc: "'hallicrafters'" <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] S-40 and S-40A dial string


I rather suspect that the bandspread stringing information 
found in the original, "military style" manual for the 
S-40 -- is the real thing.  This manual is much more 
complete than any other Halli civilian manual ever, for any 
model.

This manual is on BAMA.

73

Mike
W4DSE

     I'm not sure I have this manual, I'll look for it.  I 
suspect that _if_ some capacitors were set up the wrong way 
it was either an error in production or some sort of short 
term change.  The band spread capacitor in my S-40A can run 
either way.  There is a stop pin which is a press-in and 
could have been reversed at some point.  My receiver was 
missing a ball bearing from the band spread capacitor so 
someone must have played with it.  It works as is and its a 
lot of work to restring the dial so I think I will leave it 
alone.  I was just curious if any other receivers were the 
same way and also I wonder about the range of the band 
spread dial; on this receiver it stops at about 95 and my 
S-20R is about the same.  I wonder if others with these RX 
would look.


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