[Hammarlund] B on SP-200 faceplate?

[Joe Connor]

The points made by Richard and Ken are well-taken.

I'd be reluctant to bid at all without seeing photos of the interior. I'd be afraid of drastic mods, such as the replacement of the octal tubes with miniatures. Some of the ham magazines had articles that include that kind of drastic mod. (And those articles had cute headlines about "souping up" the Super Pro). Also, that missing dial shutter suggests that someone took this set apart and was not real careful with re-assembly.


                         Joe Connor



>________________________________
> From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
>To: Bob Young <bobyoung53 at hotmail.com>; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] B on SP-200 faceplate?
> 
>> From: "Bob Young" <bobyoung53 at hotmail.com>
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what the B stands for on the faceplate of
>> > this SP-200?
>> >
>> > Item=290883451762
>
>That was added by a previous owner and such a "logo" was never originally 
>included on any SP-200. Ignore it. As Richard said, it my just be an initial of 
>one of the owners.
>
>However, as Richard pointed out, that receiver has obviously been rather 
>badly handled: all the knobs are incorrect, the shutter for the left-hand dial 
>window is missing, there appears to be an added knob just to the left of the 
>AVC switch, there is no power supply, the antenna connector has been 
>changed to an SO-239, and the "S" meter is completely incorrect...among 
>the more obvious things wrong with it.
>
>All these indicate that someone did some modifications to it. I would think 
>that some of the mods might be pretty extensive.
>
>One significant plus (in my opinion) is that the original "dust cover" is 
>included. In my experience, these are ALWAYS missing and to find a 
>receiver with both the original cover AND the correct front-panel nuts is very 
>unusual.
>
>I wish the seller would have included interior photos, both top and bottom. 
>Those would have given us a better idea of what has or has not been done 
>to it.
>
>As Richard says, $50 or so is about all its really worth, especially considering 
>shipping costs.
>
>Depending on what has been done to it, it might be a good candidate for 
>restoration.
>
>But YMMV.
>
>Ken W7EKB
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