[Hallicrafters] SX88 Dial belts

[Gary H. Harmon, Jr.]

Eleven years ago I had a new belt.  I loaned it to someone who was going to
use it to make a run of belts.  He turned the project over to someone else
who decided it was going to be too expensive.  

73,

Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK - HAM Radio and ATARI Archaeologist
6003 Archwood
San Antonio, TX 78239-1504
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg Gore via
Hallicrafters
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2017 8:31 AM
To: wa6aaj at gmail.com; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX88 Dial belts

I can answer your question. Jim Jorgensen; K9RJ (now SK) had a small
production run of SX-88 bandswitch belts (around 100) made from the original
molds about 20 years ago or so in conjunction with a friend who was also an
engineer at the Dayco Belt Company in Dayton, Ohio. Jim was selling these
repro belts quite regularly on-line and at the Dayton Hamvention for about
$25 each I think it was and managed to sell most all of them over the years
but had held back a few. I spoke with Jim about his belt project many years
ago at a Dayton Hamvention and he said with less than 100 known surviving
SX-88s that 100 belts seemed to be a reasonable number to reproduce. About
10 years ago or so I learned Jim may have sold the small remaining lot to
another hobbyist who reportedly was Chuck Groome; K5CEG of Paris, TX. It was
also reported around that time that Chuck Groome was getting $500 for "new"
SX-88 belts. K9RJ reproduction belts do occasionally appear on eBay and I
was fortunate to 
 
 get another one there about ten years ago for around $130. If you're
interested in pursuing a reproduction belt or looking for something which
might be a suitable substitute I just measured an original SX-88 bandswitch
belt. It is possible the length has changed slightly over the years because
the tooth pitch is not an even number. Carefully measuring along the outside
surface of the belt I get 27.5" The belt width is 1/8" (.125) and the tooth
count is 112. It looks like roughly 4 teeth per inch.

Regards, 
Greg Gore; WA1KBQ



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kennedy <wa6aaj at gmail.com>
To: hallicrafters <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 7, 2017 6:33 pm
Subject: [Hallicrafters] SX88 Dial belts

Hello group

   Anybody remember who or what company reproduced the dial belts for the
SX 88? I guess it was about 20 years ago???

Mike
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