http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3038240975

just how rare is this?
Pete
KQ5I

Very Rare. Got my ticket in 1957 and as all young hams tried to
memorize all the spechs on ALL the radio's and I have never seen
this model before. It looks to be commercial with the rack mount.
the add says the SX-88 is a 20 tube radio. Looking in my WRL
catalog for 1956 the SX-100 was a 15 tube radio. They have a
SX-62A with slide rule dial, the most expensive hallicrafters receiver
in the book at $349.00. It may be a re-engineered SX-100 but I
suspect it was a special model considered too expensive for Hams.

Can you read the writeing under the left frequency display?

The two frequency tuneing knobs, or a close simalarity were used
on the SX-101 about 1958 to 1961.

It is Rare, But not that rare for my money.. G

Bob



On 31 Jul 2003 08:00:37 GMT, "pete" wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3038240975

just how rare is this?
Pete
KQ5I

It may be a re-engineered SX-100 ....

No similarity of design at all. I owned a SX-100 new.

The SX-88 appearance and some of the design ideas put it close to the HT-32B
transmitter in date and quality.

Don

In article ,
(Dbowey) writes:

It may be a re-engineered SX-100 ....
No similarity of design at all. I owned a SX-100 new.

Well, I now have an SX-100 and I do regard it as a "poor ham's SX-88". Dual
conversion, metal dials, similar bandwidth adjustments, etc. But the SX-88 has
two RF stages and 6 bands like a good Hammarlund, and really is a fine design.
I got to tune around with one for a few minutes at an IARC Radiofest at Elgin,
IL one year when they were running a BA shack as part of the Fest.

In the same way, I regard my SX-117 as a poor man's 115. Very similar
architectures, though totally different appearnace and dial.

Whatever you think, the SX-100 and 117 are good bangs for the buck. 73, Mike
K. AA1UK

Oscar loves trash, but hates Spam! Delete him to reply to me.

Was it Harry Blessy's old unit? I remember him making a trad of sorts for a
Racal 6790/GM.

Pete

Mike Knudsen wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Dbowey) writes:

It may be a re-engineered SX-100 ....
No similarity of design at all. I owned a SX-100 new.

Well, I now have an SX-100 and I do regard it as a "poor ham's SX-88".
Dual
conversion, metal dials, similar bandwidth adjustments, etc. But the
SX-88 has
two RF stages and 6 bands like a good Hammarlund, and really is a fine
design.
I got to tune around with one for a few minutes at an IARC Radiofest at
Elgin,
IL one year when they were running a BA shack as part of the Fest.

In the same way, I regard my SX-117 as a poor man's 115. Very similar
architectures, though totally different appearnace and dial.

Whatever you think, the SX-100 and 117 are good bangs for the buck. 73,
Mike
K. AA1UK

Oscar loves trash, but hates Spam! Delete him to reply to me.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:00:37 UTC, "pete"
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3038240975

just how rare is this?
Pete
KQ5I

Rare but also the top Hallicrafter's receiver from the era. It
was priced way up there when new, I'm guessing over $500 and that's
when a new car was about $1500 and a coke was a nickel. Figure you
pay over $15,000 for car and 50› for that coke, that radio should be
$5,000.

I've never used one or seen one even. But then I've never used an
R390, 51S1, SX-115, NC-303 either.

de ah6gi/4

On 31 Jul 2003 12:15:03 GMT, No Spam (ckh) wrote:

It
was priced way up there when new, I'm guessing over $500 and that's
when a new car was about $1500 and a coke was a nickel. Figure you
pay over $15,000 for car and 50› for that coke, that radio should be
$5,000.

It's almost there!
Must be at least two desperate buyers out there!

CUL8R
Spinach Inquisition

pete wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3038240975

just how rare is this?
Pete
KQ5I

Highest price I have seen paid was $10,000 on EBay last year. I have one
I am currently restoring- I fail to see the fascination with this radio.
New they sold for $595.

Dale W4OP

"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
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Highest price I have seen paid was $10,000 on EBay last year. I have one
I am currently restoring- I fail to see the fascination with this radio.
New they sold for $595.

Dale W4OP


I suppose advertising has much to do with the fascination. The SX 88 was
featured prominently in most of the Hallicrafters advertising at the time,
back when thousands of kids couldn't even afford the S-38. I think the 88
was the Allied cover radio and probably other catalogs. Now, I suppose a
few dozen of those kids can now afford not only several S-38s, but the dream
radio, too.

Frank Dresser

Well folks if you invested $595 back in the 50's at 8% interest compounded
annualy it would now be about -- yep you guessed it $10,000.

Or you could have bought an SX-88 and enjoyed the radio for 30+ years.

Tongue in cheek of course


"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
...

"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
...



Highest price I have seen paid was $10,000 on EBay last year. I have one
I am currently restoring- I fail to see the fascination with this radio.
New they sold for $595.

Dale W4OP


I suppose advertising has much to do with the fascination. The SX 88 was
featured prominently in most of the Hallicrafters advertising at the time,
back when thousands of kids couldn't even afford the S-38. I think the 88
was the Allied cover radio and probably other catalogs. Now, I suppose a
few dozen of those kids can now afford not only several S-38s, but the
dream
radio, too.

Frank Dresser