Thanks, Carl, for your reply. Based on your analysis, I am going to
pass I think you saved me a big disappointment.

I checked your pages on the net. What a fantastic collection of
radios.
Thanks again,

73 Jay

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:37:39 -0500, "Carl WA1KPD"
wrote:

I have never dealt with them but share you concern. I have restored an SX-9
and offer the following observations about their claims

" Okay the story behind this receiver, I purchased it for resale, Fedex
delivered it but the sender didn't put any packing inside so the tubes got
smashed. "

Little hard to believe since one of the claims to fame of the SX-9 was that
it was the first to use all metal tubes.


I was surprised how good the receiver is and looking at the components, all
except a couple of capacitors, everything else looks totally original. "
Nothing original about that PS transformer, nor the spoke knob on the front.
In addition There also seems to be quite a rats nest around the speaker.

It needs minimal work to return the receiver to its original glory, the
cabinet is virtually unmarked and the face panel is very good, all original.
There is a phone jack added to the upper right hand corner. Just to the left
of the logo.