I finally have my Hallicraters SX-28 ( circa 1944 ) up and running. It
took me quite a while to find a PM-43 speaker for it. It receives very
well on a short ( 25 foot ) long wire. Can't wait to get a better
antenna hooked up. It pulls in many stations I would have thought
impossible for an old tube
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Yep Rich,
I'm the proud owner of two Hammarlund HQ's and a RCA Victor and a Zenith 'Wave
Magnet.'

I have plenty of digitals, but there is not one of them that can pick up what
my 129X with the Q Multiplier or for that fact, the 140X either can.

They love LOTS and LOTS of wire. Literally almost no chance of overloading
these boatanchors. Case in point, I can flip a switch and the 129X is hooked
to over 600ft. of wire. They are treasures for sure, and you have a piece of
it. :-)

The sound from a tube radio CANNOT be reproduced from anything else. The
closest I've heard is my GE P-780 I got from Brenda Ann, that audio is close,
but that's it, just close.

Enjoy it, if you get the chance, hook a digital freq counter to it unless you
have a digital radio nearby so you 'truly' know for sure what freq you're on.

If you don't want to run lots of wire, run you a nice sloper from Alpha Delta
(that's one of them I have.) You can't go wrong.

Enjoy your massive toy!!!!.