[Hallicrafters] SX-100 knobs

Tue Dec 23 00:42:59 EST 2014

After reading all the posts about these knobs, I just HAD to  come clean 
about something, and that was regarding a related fact that's been  bothering 
me for 15 years about "original" knobs.   I've always made  an attempt 
(usually extreme) to find the "correct" knobs to put on all my  relics, but have 
not always been entirely successful.   One case  in point: my Hallicrafters 
HT-30, their first SSB exciter, from the mid  1950s.   These rigs use the 
same type knobs as the SX-100, and,  along with these receivers, make a nice 
looking "matched pair".    I found this exciter 18-20 years ago, and it was 
missing one of these  small knobs, and no matter how hard and far I searched, 
one of the "correct"  knobs was never located.   Joe, K9OCO, wanted to get 
a photo of this  rig for the CQ 1999/2000 "Classics" calendar (and a few 
months earlier, I'd put  a knob that was "close" on the still-bare shaft that 
was in need of this correct  knob).   Before I could "fix" the situation (and 
after  the photo had been taken), the image was being included in the 
production  of said calendar; if I had been thinking, I would have at least 
temporarily  "borrowed" a knob from my SX-100 for the photo.   The offending  
substitute knob still remains in its "new" place; it's one I had to "borrow" 
off  a radio made almost 20 years after the HT-30 was made, and it's one of 
the knobs  Regency used on their HR-2 (and subsequent models) solid-state FM  
transceivers.   A similar photo (with this same non-original knob)  also 
appears on page 64 of Joe's "50 Years" book, published by ARRL........and  now, 
you all know "the REST of the story"........but don't tell  anyone.

Happy Holidays, and 73.......Herman, N4CH.

In a message dated 12/22/2014 7:05:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pincon at erols.com writes:

Are you  sure the "gold" isn't just nicotine staining?

In 55 years of hamming I  have never seen a true "gold" (plated or painted) 
inlay in an  SX-100.

The originals were in fact, made of brass, so if the original  plating 
(nickel or chrome ?? ) wears off, you may see the  brass.

This is common on the back plate on the SX-101 main tuning  knobs.

And yes, there were several different style knobs used on the  SX-100's.

All the inlays and back plates I make are spun aluminum  however.

73, Chas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry  Steffens" <gsteffens at bevcomm.net>
To:  <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 5:57  PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX-100 knobs

>I am a  Hallicrafters collector and restorer among other brands of  radios.
>
> I have several SX-100s, one of each version, I  believe.
>
> Many years ago before QTH.net, on the older reflector  (Yahoo, Excite, or
> where ever), a discussion ensued about whether the  tapered or fluted (?)
> knobs of the style of the S-38E were legitimate  on the SX-100.  After 
much
> ado, the conclusion was reached that  they were correct for at least one
> version.  I happen to have a  mint one of these, looks like it just came 
> out
> of the  box.
>
> Now the problem.  A second discussion ensued whether  the gold brights in 
> the
> center of the knobs for the  calibrator and antenna trimmer were 
> legitimate.
> The original  conclusion was "No, they were not correct".  Like an idiot, 
I
>  cleaned off the gold paint on mine after several seemingly  knowledgeable
> folks made the "Not Legit" declaration.  This was  in the early to mid 
> 1990s.
>
> Now, we all know that was  the wrong answer.
>
> As I said, I have a mint version, except for  those two knobs.
>
> Is there anyone out there with an SX-100 with  good gold inserts that 
would
> be interested in a trade for good knobs  with silver inserts and some beer
> (or other vice you see fit)  money.  I would really like to get my 
specimen
> back to full  original appearance.
>
> Thanks for your time &  consideration.
>
> Cheers,
> Gerry
>
> Gerald L  Steffens  P.E.
> Oronoco  MN
>
> Radio Historian,  collecting & restoring E.H. Scott, Heath, McMurdo 
Silver,
>  Hallicrafters, National, Zenith Transoceanic & any other interesting  
> radios
> & classic Oldsmobiles
>
> Collections  stand at about 300 radios, 5 Oldsmobiles & a 1950 GMC long 
bed
> 1/2  ton
>
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