[NJARC] Hallicrafters SX-111 Mk. 1

[JOE CRO]

Scott,
         If you have a jpeg or whatever format reference to "Bumble Bee" 
values, would it be possible to get a copy from you? Additionally, I'm sure 
other members would like a point of reference as well when replacing those 
nasty things!

Best Regards,
                      Joe Cro N3IBX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Roberts" <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Hallicrafters SX-111 Mk. 1


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> Joe-
> Thanks very much for the kind offer! I went through
> last night and figured out who's who using a VERY
> LARGE copy of the schematic (4' x 2') which I had made
> at Kinko's yesterday... I located and confirmed the
> values on all the bumble bees, so I think I should be
> alright now. I even labeled them & took pictures for
> reference. Then I went through, and did the same for
> the HT-37. I also found the HA-2 & HA-6 don't appear
> to have any! I'm going to pull their covers today &
> check...
>
> Thanks Again- More later!
> Scott
>
>
> --- JOE CRO <n3ibx at verizon.net> wrote:
>
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>> Scott,
>>         If you get stuck with recapping or repairing
>> your SX-111, and need a
>> point of reference, I can let you borrow the one I
>> have. It's in working
>> condition, and identical to yours. Ditto on the
>> HT-37.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>                      Joe Cro N3IBX
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Scott Roberts" <ng19delta at yahoo.com>
>> To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club"
>> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:29 PM
>> Subject: [NJARC] Hallicrafters SX-111 Mk. 1
>>
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>> > Greetings!
>> > I'm sure many of you noticed my call last week
>> looking
>> > for a Hallicrafters SX-111 receiver: John Ruccolo
>> came
>> > through wonderfully on a spare Mk 1 he had
>> awaiting...
>> > Thanks Again John! Just thought I'd pass along a
>> > progress report, see if I could drag in a few
>> ideas...
>> >
>> >
>> > I started working with it Friday night, after
>> getting
>> > home from the meeting- I am slowly learning how to
>> > find a signal, tweak a signal, and pull it in
>> legibly,
>> > using the BFO, and balancing out the RF and Audio
>> > gains, as well as trimming up the antenna and
>> > narrowing the selectivity and adjusting the notch
>> > freq... However, despite having both the ANL and
>> AVC
>> > on, I still get a good bit of "woosh" or "white
>> noise"
>> > in the backround, which I am attributing to the
>> > original "bumblebee" type caps still being in
>> place.
>> >
>> > Currently, I am using my "Alzwhire*" antenna
>> strung up
>> > across the inside of the attic, and then down at
>> an
>> > angle from near the peak to near the front... It
>> is an
>> > abominable amalgamation of a few different styles
>> of
>> > antenna- basically about a 40 ft. wire, split at
>> the
>> > mid point, with an additional run from the end of
>> one
>> > side down following the slope of the roof for
>> about 20
>> > additional feet, that side only... It was mainly
>> > intended to drag in some sort of radio signal...
>> It
>> > seems to work moderately, as I am pulling in VOX
>> from
>> > Texas, Mississippi, and Florida this afternoon. My
>> > shop test antenna is a 40 ft. wire, strung
>> parallel to
>> > above, but without the dogleg.(I live in a house
>> in a
>> > community which frowns upon aerials outside. And
>> the
>> > house is an electric interference pit- even the
>> T.O.
>> > works poorly in here...This is temporary, but the
>> > condition at the moment)
>> >
>> > I am trying to figure how to: 1.Clean up the
>> signals
>> > coming in some more; 2 Replace the bumblebee caps-
>> I
>> > am having trouble discrening some of the
>> colors(black
>> > & blue, mainly) due to the age of them.(Does
>> anyone
>> > have a website which shows the conversion for
>> > bumblebee color codes?)
>> >
>> > Lastly, does anyone have a good, simple and
>> effective
>> > way of re-securing a tube in its base? I have a
>> couple
>> > which are good tubes, but are loose in their
>> bases, as
>> > the original stuff has given up.
>> >
>> > Thanks to everyone in advance, I'll be looking for
>> the
>> > mountain of replies ;)
>> > Scott
>> >
>> > *"Alzwhire": a contraction of "Alzheimer's" and
>> "Wire"
>> > to indicate a very confused "Random wire" antenna!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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