hamman wrote:

" The SX-88 is the holy grail of Hallicrafters communications
receivers. It
is the rarest, and most desirable to collectors, and there are a great many
" just how rare is this?
Pete
KQ5I

Other receivers just as rare but not nearly as expensive. The
wonderful Icom R9000 will run circles around the SX88 in every
parameter used and only costs $3000- 3500 on the used market and 2500
were made, selling new for $7000+. Buy the Mosley Receiver that used
all the same tubes, rare, produced only 1 1/2 years but a dud on
receive.

I have a mint Mosley CM-1/CMS-1 and have restored 4 others for friends. Hardly
consider it a dud on receive. Unlike many of its more expensive counterparts, the
CM-1 has the same calibration on 10M as 80M- not all bunched up as in most RX of
that era. I am, as I said in an earlier post, completely resotring an 88 and find
it to be a clunky uninteresting receiver. For my $$, the 115 is far "sexier" and
more interesting. In the end, I play with my little CM-1 more than any other here
except perhaps the 2B/2BQ.

Dale W4OP