[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters repair

[kirklandb at sympatico.ca]

I find the RF deck of the SP-600 pretty easy - with the right tools. The manuals show the color codes on the wires so it is pretty easy to 
 figure out how to get it all back together.

Still cringing at the SX-28.

> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:23:45 -0800
> From: joeconnor53 at yahoo.com
> To: radiocompass at yahoo.com; jbalestrini at surewest.net; Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net; hallicrafterssr2000 at k9axn.com; 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters repair
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> Yes, the RF deck of an SX-28/SX-28a is difficult, but is it much more difficult than the RF deck of a Hammarlund SP-200/BC-779 or the RF deck of a Hammarlund SP-600? How about the under-the-chassis RF boxes on a BC-342?
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> I'm sure that design and construction imperatives required them to be built like this. At least we have a lot of Internet articles to give us step-by-step instructions on how to remove and rebuild these decks and boxes. Can you imagine running a one-man radio shop in 1945 and having a customer bring in an SX-28 with a shorted cap in the RF deck?
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> From working on early Hallicrafters sets, I have developed a deep and abiding affection for needle-nose pliers, long thin soldering irons and hemostats! 
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>                        Joe Connor
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