|
Every Halli I've ever seen was rather crudely built. The front panels
may be nice but the wiring looks kind of amateurish compared to a Fender amp or a MacIntosh from the same era. On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 01:48:31 GMT, "Frank Dresser" wrote: "David" wrote in message .. . What's wrong with replacing the paper electrolytics (as long as you save the old bad ones for some insane person who would prefer a confetti blaster)? Sure, if the owner wants a well-working, reliable radio. But, at that price, it's not really a radio any more. It's a piece of history, a work of art or maybe a fool's investment waiting for the greater fool. Frank Dresser |
I own a Hallicrafters good working S-38 EB Radio.(it isn't for sale,****
You!) I was in my bathroom taking a **** last night and I happened to cast my eyes out through my hall area and on top of them footlockers crammed full of Radios and junk.On top of one of them footlockers (junk on top of junk) I saw my Zenith Royal 200 AM/FM (personally,in my opinion,Zenith never did build anything worth a ****!) radio.(it isn't for sale,**** You!) I bought that radio for about $4.00 at the old (now extinct) Goodwill thrift store on Palmyra Street in beautifull down town Jackson,Mississippi (www.dogpile.com Cool Buildings Of Jackson) about six years ago.The radio is in very (I still say Zenith never built anything worth a ****!) good to almost like brand new physical and cosmetic (whatever the **** cosmetic is?) condition.The radio does work ok,but there is not much in the sound/audio department and there are no so-called radio experts in this here news group that can tell me why that radio does not put out any decent level of sound/audio.I Guarantee y'all that! cuhulin |
"David" wrote in message ... Every Halli I've ever seen was rather crudely built. The front panels may be nice but the wiring looks kind of amateurish compared to a Fender amp or a MacIntosh from the same era. Phil Nelson has some pictures of the insides of his SX-88 on his website: http://antiqueradio.org/halli09.htm Actually, I kinda prefer the rat's nest wiring approach. Lining up the wires and components neatly almost certainly increases the inter-component capacitance and I don't mind if they spent the money where it can be seen rather than hidden away. Frank Dresser |
Frank Dresser,them old tube analog Radios are the best Radios in the
World.Screw all of them new fangled pieces of **** digital so-called "radios"! Hey,last night,after I took my girlfriend home,I saw an article at www.rense.com about marconi and Nickola Tesla.In my opinion,Nickola Tesla invented Radio.Stubblefield was a pretty smart old guy in Kentucky too.Most upstarts nowdays don't know **** about Radio. cuhulin |
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:23:33 GMT, "Frank Dresser"
wrote: "David" wrote in message .. . Every Halli I've ever seen was rather crudely built. The front panels may be nice but the wiring looks kind of amateurish compared to a Fender amp or a MacIntosh from the same era. Phil Nelson has some pictures of the insides of his SX-88 on his website: http://antiqueradio.org/halli09.htm Actually, I kinda prefer the rat's nest wiring approach. Lining up the wires and components neatly almost certainly increases the inter-component capacitance and I don't mind if they spent the money where it can be seen rather than hidden away. Frank Dresser I'm not advocating right-angle dress for RF point-to-point wiring, Just the stripping and soldering on some Hallis looks quite sloppy. The bandswitch frightens me away from them more than anything else. |
In article
, "Frank Dresser" wrote: "David" wrote in message ... Every Halli I've ever seen was rather crudely built. The front panels may be nice but the wiring looks kind of amateurish compared to a Fender amp or a MacIntosh from the same era. Phil Nelson has some pictures of the insides of his SX-88 on his website: http://antiqueradio.org/halli09.htm Actually, I kinda prefer the rat's nest wiring approach. Lining up the wires and components neatly almost certainly increases the inter-component capacitance and I don't mind if they spent the money where it can be seen rather than hidden away. The straight line point to point is the shortest distance between, which the axial components must reach. This is done to reduce the inductance of the path and yes if the paths are not parallel to each other then mutual inductance is also reduced between them. If the parasitic inductance of the component paths is to high then the circuits will not work. There are many techniques to reduce parasitic inductance like grounding rings around tube sockets. If a resistor to ground is needed to bias a tube element then it is a short distance from the tube pin to ground. The higher in frequency the circuits must operate the more critical it is to keep this stray inductance in check. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=57696430 15&rd=1 As I am new to shortwave radio, why is this model of radio so sought after? Only because so few were made? |
In article ,
"Matt B." wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57696430 15 &rd=1 As I am new to shortwave radio, why is this model of radio so sought after? Only because so few were made? It is rare and it is a sophisticated model for its time. It can be a good radio for use today if it is refurbished. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
My Zenith Royal 2000 (did I say Zenith Royal 200 in that previous post
of mine? if I did,I made a typo,it is a Zenith Royal 2000 AM/FM radio) radio,a vey,very nice looking radio too.It is the same size as my Zenith Royal 1000 Trans-Oceanic radio except it looks to me like it is about 3/8ths ot 1/2 incher larger from front to back than my Zenth Royal 1000 radio,it is a big heavy Zenith AM portable radio with a wide carrying handle mounted on top of the radio.Maybe somebody can find a picture on the internet of a radio just like it.I am looking at the schematic inside on the back panel of the radio right now.It is an all transistor radio and the chassis mounted inside of the cabinet of the radio looks to me like the chassis is mounted upside down in the radio.There is no jack on the radio for an adapter,it runs on batteries only,best as I can see.Inside,on the back of the radio's chassis is a three way slide switch for Rado,Tuner and Phono and to the right of that slide switch is a jack for Phono Tuner and to the right of that jack is another jack for Ear Phone Jack.On the schematic it says,Patented in Canada by Zenith Radio Corporation in one or more of the following years: 1946,1949,1950,1951 (I think I see a little bitty date that says,1 30 59,is that when the radio was made?) On the schematic it says,CHASSIS 11ET40Z2 and stamped on the metal of the chassis,it says,8682290,the same numbers are on a paper label right next to those numbers.It looks like the plastic battery holder takes eight D cell batteries.I don't know anything about how to repair radios unless it is oviously something as simple as soldering a wire back together or cleaning up battery corrosion.There is an old guy by the name of Otto about eighty something years old who lives in Clinton,Mississippi (Clinton is a small city of about 21,847 population five miles West of me) and he has been doing radio repair work for many,many years.I guess he knows about as much about repairing radios as anybody else does.Someday I am going to take that radio and my big old Telefunken wooden cabinet table model AM/FM/Shortwave radio and my Grundig wooden cabinet floor model AM/FM/Shortwave/Phonograph radio over to his house and let him work on those radios.I own a lot of old tube type and transistor radios and one very nice little wooden cabinet table model tube type AM radio in particular that I once bought from old man Thomas Burnside about seven years ago (Thomas Burnside sells old radios and clocks and things,he lives one mile West of me) and I definetly want to get that radio repaired and working.I own a couple of very old external radio speakers too.I can't even get to those two speakers right now because I have so much stuff stacked all around them.One of the speakers is octogon shaped and it has a cloth grill on it with a sort of a flower design on the cloth grill,I think it is a Zenith external speaker and dates back to the 1920's or 1930's and the other speaker (I can see them in one of my junk rooms,I just can't get to them up close right yet) has a round metal housing and a cloth grill with a sort of a criss cross diagonal metal grill on it,I think it dates back to the 1940's or earlier.I wish I knew how to do my own radio repairs. cuhulin. |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:56 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
RadioBanter.com