[Heathkit] Radio Identification Help Needed, Please

[Bob Jones]

Ya might try the National SW-54,I never owned one but had friends who did.I
had the original hallicrafters S-38,just S-38,no suffix,it had two circular
slide rule dials,one for general coverage and one for band spread but no
antenna trimmer.

Good luck Duane and 73,

Bob
W0OXJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer@usol.com>
To: <heathkit@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:24 PM
Subject: [Heathkit] Radio Identification Help Needed, Please


>
>
> Let me state up front that I am now totally blind. I was blinded on the
eve of
> my eighteen birthday by a stranger who got stupid with a twelve gauge
shotgun
> while pheasant hunting and 'accidentally' shot me from sixty feet away. I
was
> standing in my own backyard at the time. This was October of 1964. So
please do
> not suggest that I go to X website and look at the photos, as it won't
help me a
> bit.
>
> When I was fourteen or fifteen I got a general coverage receiver for
Christmas.
> I remember that it was gray, had a built in speaker that faced upwards (I
> think), had a slide rule style dial, main tune and bandspread, antenna
trimmer
> and more. It seems to me that the texture of the rx was somehow unusual,
perhaps
> a material over the cabinet. For some reason, I think it was a wood
instead of
> metal cabinet. I may be totally wrong here! The back was open above the
chassis
> and the tubes were visible. I can not say if there ever was a back panel
that
> completely covered the rear or not, but there was not when I got the rx.
>
> I think this was a Heathkit, I know for certain it was not a
Hallicrafters. My
> parents paid about $75 for it used.
>
> Do any of you have any idea which general coverage RX this was?
>
> Thank you for remembering -
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>
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