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Hallicrafters SX-88
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 dxAce Michigan USA |
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:52:18 -0400, dxAce
wrote: 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 dxAce Michigan USA 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)? |
dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA |
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dxAce wrote: Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...57696430 15&r d=1 I noticed that half of the photo's are missing on the page. The photo's that are there are poor quality. The dates in the photo's are 08/22/04? -- Telamon Ventura, California |
dxAce wrote: Howard wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste. It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more. dxAce Michigan USA I have to chuckle whenever one of those feeding frenzies starts when a L@@K, R@RE, vacuum tube receiver pops up on EBay. It sold for $595.00 when new in the mid 50's. Granted, not many were built, but it is an average receiver by todays standards. There are a lot of people out there with more money than brains. Les |
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 21:57:42 GMT, Telamon
wrote: In article , dxAce wrote: Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...57696430 15&r d=1 I noticed that half of the photo's are missing on the page. The photo's that are there are poor quality. The dates in the photo's are 08/22/04? I like the "Fully Tubed" bit. for $3500.00 + one would hardly hope to have the tubes in the radio. |
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, Telamon wrote: In article , dxAce wrote: 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 &r d=1 I noticed that half of the photo's are missing on the page. The photo's that are there are poor quality. The dates in the photo's are 08/22/04? By the way DxAce did you get any snow today? http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...7070001418407& dt=20050423170700&w=APO&coview= -- Telamon Ventura, California |
"Les" wrote in message oups.com... I have to chuckle whenever one of those feeding frenzies starts when a L@@K, R@RE, vacuum tube receiver pops up on EBay. It sold for $595.00 when new in the mid 50's. Granted, not many were built, but it is an average receiver by todays standards. There are a lot of people out there with more money than brains. Les If radio buyers back in the mid 50s thought the SX-88 was worth $600.00, Hallicrafters would have been making them by the thousands. Frank Dresser |
"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 |
Telamon wrote: In article , Telamon wrote: In article , dxAce wrote: 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 &r d=1 I noticed that half of the photo's are missing on the page. The photo's that are there are poor quality. The dates in the photo's are 08/22/04? By the way DxAce did you get any snow today? Yes, a nice dusting on my car as I pulled away from the studio a few minutes ago. dxAce Michigan USA |
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. |
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, "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? |
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"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. |
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:24:49 -0500, wrote:
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. http://bellsouthpwp.net/p/a/padgett46/transto.htm |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500. After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it. Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and electrically so-so. To each his own I guess. Dale W4OP |
Yep,my Zenith Royal 2000 radio looks just like that one and like I
say,it is in very nice physical and cosmetic condition.Now,my Zenith Royal 1000 Trans-Oceanic radio is in crappy condition.A lot of the chrome is pitted and the chrome paint on the plastic area around the dial is mostly long since worn off and the top part of the drop down front panel is missing.After all,I bought the radios at a Goodwill thrift store years ago,so I can't expect them all to be in like new condition. cuhulin |
The only kind of a radio I would pay that kind of money for (assuming I
could afford it,which I can't) is a Watkins-Johnson radio in very good and working condition.OK,y'all,start bashing my favorite radio,Fire Away! cuhulin |
beerbarrel wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce wrote: Howard wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste. It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more. dxAce Michigan USA wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago. Yes, he did. By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with his callsign on it. Joe's a pretty darn nice guy. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... beerbarrel wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce wrote: Howard wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste. It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more. dxAce Michigan USA wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago. Yes, he did. By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with his callsign on it. Joe's a pretty darn nice guy. As in Walsh...well, I'll be darned! http://www.qrz.com/detail/WB6ACU That's pretty neat! There's an interesting thread idea...famous hams. Goldwater, Walsh....? (I'm sure it's been done here, though.) |
"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message news:edXae.2799$Yc.231@trnddc06... I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500. After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it. Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and electrically so-so. To each his own I guess. Dale W4OP I think much of the radio's current appeal has to do with the glitzy ad campaign Hallicrafters ran. The SX-88 was also featured in radio retailer ads and it was pictured on the cover of the Allied catalog. Although most of the practical radio buyers of the mid fifties didn't think the SX - 88 was enough radio for the money, it's easy to imagine a young radio enthusiast lusting after the ulitmate status radio. I suppose a few of those radio enthusiasts can now buy the radio without worrying whether the radio actually performs all that well or whatever the resale value might be. Fulfilling a dream really has nothing to do with performance or resale value. Frank Dresser |
beerbarrel wrote: On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:59:57 -0400, dxAce wrote: beerbarrel wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce wrote: Howard wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: 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 I quit at $3500.00 ;-) dxAce Michigan USA And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste. It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more. dxAce Michigan USA wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago. Yes, he did. By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with his callsign on it. Joe's a pretty darn nice guy. dxAce Michigan USA I've never met him but read quite a bit about his ham radio endeavors. He spends a good bit of money on ebay that's is certain. He once bid on a signal generator that I was selling awhile back. I thought about canceling the auction while he was high bidder and pry an autograph out of him. That's pretty much what I did. I sold him some crystals for use in old transmitters up on ePay. When I discovered who it was I said to heck with the $20 or so and simply asked for a signed photo. He sent the CD as well. I did have a good conversation with him on the phone one evening a few years ago when he called me up. dxAce Michigan USA |
"Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "Dale Parfitt" wrote in message news:edXae.2799$Yc.231@trnddc06... I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500. After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it. Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and electrically so-so. To each his own I guess. Dale W4OP I think much of the radio's current appeal has to do with the glitzy ad campaign Hallicrafters ran. The SX-88 was also featured in radio retailer ads and it was pictured on the cover of the Allied catalog. Although most of the practical radio buyers of the mid fifties didn't think the SX - 88 was enough radio for the money, it's easy to imagine a young radio enthusiast lusting after the ulitmate status radio. I suppose a few of those radio enthusiasts can now buy the radio without worrying whether the radio actually performs all that well or whatever the resale value might be. Fulfilling a dream really has nothing to do with performance or resale value. Frank Dresser Well written Frank. And add to that the fact that there are perhaps only 60 or so of the SX-88 known to survive , makes it a collectors dream. Hey, I don't tell people what I paid for my Davco DR-30! Dale W4OP |
......famous hams.Porky Pig,Miss Piggy,Oliver.
cuhulin |
I have an old Allied catalog here with advertisements of Radios and
pictures of different Radios and I have three of those reprint Sears and Roebuck catalogs here which have advertisements of different kinds of Radios Sears and Roebuck used to sell many,many years ago.Somewhere in my dinasaur radio collection,I have a Longwave radio (I think it is a Longwave radio) that I bought at a Goodwill thrift store for about two dollars.When I bought it,I could see there are dirt dobbers nest in the radio,they are still inside of the radio too.What would a Longwave (Longwave only,radio) radio be usefull for nowdays? cuhulin |
"dxAce" wrote in message news: That's pretty much what I did. I sold him some crystals for use in old transmitters up on ePay. When I discovered who it was I said to heck with the $20 or so and simply asked for a signed photo. He sent the CD as well. I did have a good conversation with him on the phone one evening a few years ago when he called me up. dxAce Michigan USA He bought one of my SX-28s I restored a few years ago. He is a very nice guy. He has some young guy that drives around the country picking up radios and stuff for him. I thought? What a great job. :) -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
"Dave Holford" wrote in message ... ..... Hey, I don't tell people what I paid for my Davco DR-30! Dale W4OP Now there is a radio that is not only rare, but good looking and a great performer. Sold mine many years ago and regretted it ever since. Dave VE3HLU Hi Dave, It is one of my favorites. I have the majority of the board meeting minutes- a DT-40 (matching TX) almost made it to production before the company dissolved. That would have been a gem. Dale W4OP |
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