Both you guys are amazing! I have read Phil's resoration pages about a
hundred times (I think I have most of it memorized). I have a very nice
SX-28. While I am still trying to fix the AVC, the receiver is sensitive on
all bands and sounds wonderful through that PM-23. I keep reading Phil's
description on changing the caps in the RF area, trying to get the nerve to
go in there. I have checked or replaced everything else. Great photos,
Brian. If you ever get bored and miss working on one, let me know! hehe

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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"Phil Nelson" wrote in message
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Make that a $4,550 SX-28.

I gave up long ago trying to psychoanalyze eBay bidders.

Sure, it's a loony price. On the other hand, it's a tedious and
occasionally fiendish receiver to restore from the bottom up. Don't ask
how many hours I spent restoring my first and second SX-28s. (Hint:
everything's easier the second time around, and Number Two is definitely
the keeper.) I guess there are plenty of collectors out there who don't
have the expertise or patience to do that work on their own.

I'm not of the school that likes to machine-buff every inch of the
chassis. Clean it up, even use Naval Jelly and/or metal polish to make it
presentable, but sheesh!

And for the record, if you can't find a very nice and easily restorable
SX-28 for a few hundred bucks, you're just not trying!

Regards,

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html



You said a mouthful there Phil. I've done five of the darn things and
working on the sixth. Heres some of them:
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/150.htm

P.S. The two I have are for sale for $4550 each

BH