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Old December 4th 03, 05:20 PM
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starman wrote:

LW wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3062660622

Just when we thought they were all gone .. here's the perfect gift for
the SWL on your shopping list.


They made about '500' of them. There are about '76' known to exist. The
question is what happened to more than '400'? I can't believe all of
those are really gone. If had one, I probably wouldn't advertise it
either.

The pictures of the one on Ebay show that it still has the original
paper capacitors, such as the 'Tiny Chiefs' and 'Black Beauties'. Since
these caps' are notoriously leaky, should an owner take a chance on
running a very valuable radio like the '88' and possibly damaging an
irreplacable part such as an I.F. transformer? OTOH, would it lessen the
value of the radio if it was recapped to make it safer to run?

BTW- The SX-88 cost about $3800 in today's dollars when it sold for $600
in 1955. Joe Walsh (The Eagles) payed $10,000 for his. I guess he wanted
it real bad. I wonder what he did with it?


I believe he has at least 7 operating positions in his home. He gets into
old radios, and CW. I sold him some FT-243 crystals a few years back. He
sent me a personalized autographed copy of "Hell Freezes Over" a picture and
some personal guitar pics.

He's a nice guy, talked to him on the phone once too.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

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