[Hallicrafters] SX-17 question

[Rich Oliver]

How about posting notes along the way?  My SX-17 is the restoration queue,
too.

73, Rich

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Joe Balestrini <jbalestrini at surewest.net>
wrote:

> Hi Gerry,
>
> I have an SX-17 manual that might be of some help.  I’ll look at it in the
> morning and advise.
>
> Joe KG6IMI
>
>
> > On Nov 16, 2015, at 6:30 PM, Joe Connor via Hallicrafters <
> hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > Gerry, as far as documentation of the changes is concerned, you might
> want to check Rider's, which shows an early SX-17, a late SX-17 and a 1939
> model SX-17.
> > By the way, they are very cool receivers and are a lot of fun to restore
> and use.
> > Joe Connor
> > http://www.nostalgiaair.org/Resources/178/T0000178.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Monday, November 16, 2015 9:17 PM, Gerry Steffens <
> gsteffens at bevcomm.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a nice complete SX-17 which is about to become a current project.
> >
> > I have two manuals, one original and a copy I picked up some time ago.
> Both
> > are identified as 03153817 on the front cover.  The first thing I did
> was to
> > restore the original manual.
> >
> > All text is identical in the two manuals.  However, I noticed that
> several
> > resistors and capacitors are of different value between the two.
> Further,
> > the AVC switch is a SPST in one and a DPDT in the other.  Schematics show
> > the differing switches accordingly.  The copy has a date on the
> schematic of
> > 9-14-4? (no amount of magnification will make that smudge readable).  The
> > original book has no date marking and shows the SPST AVC switch.  The
> copy
> > has the date and the DPDT switch.
> >
> > I have not yet completed the schematic comparison.  My guess is that the
> > copy manual showing the DPDT switch is the later manual.
> >
> > I don't yet know which version the radio is, as I have not yet grunted it
> > out.
> >
> > The question is, should I attempt to reconnect the radio to match the
> later
> > manual if the radio is the earlier version?
> >
> > Is there a documentation of the various changes for the SX-17, S-17 as I
> > have for the SX-42?  For the 42, I have a large schematic with all
> updates
> > through update G or H documented, including dates?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> >
> > Gerald L Steffens P.E.
> > Oronoco MN
> > Radio Historian
> >
> > Collecting & restoring McMurdo Silver, E.H. Scott,
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> >
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> >
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