In article , "Frank
Dresser" writes:

The bandspread dial also reads "set to zero for normal tuning" twice. There
are also some arrows indicating which way zero is.

OK. So that tells you which way is the right way, for that radio.
Hallicrafters seemed to change their minds a few times. I just checked, and
the SX-42 is indeed 0 at the top of each band, but the SX-25 is 100 at the top.
73, Mike K. AA1UK

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