I also forgot to mention I own a Blaupunkt Derby 691
FM/Shortwave/LW/MW/EU radio.I bought it from Brian Hill between two to
three months ago.It is a nice radio and works great too.
cuhulin

Carter.. My uncle was in the signal corps during WWII. I acquired his
Hallicrafters which had 13 tubes, I believe, and did have two 6V6s in the
push/pull audio output.... and the 12inch speaker in the separater metal
cabinet with a big H across the grill. Had crystal phasing, bfo, great
bandspread tuning, an 'S' meter... all kinds of stuff to increase
selectivity. It received weak signals and more importantly, could select
them from strong adjacent stations. I've aften wanted to compare it side
by side with a modern digital set. Maybe my memory of it is better than it
actually was, but I don't know. It was really versatile at receiving and
selecting a station from a crowded location on a band. It sure was heavy.
Wish I still had it, great looking piece of hardware from time gone by.
I'd rebuild now that I appreciate it, and have the know how.

rpbc wrote:

Carter.. My uncle was in the signal corps during WWII. I acquired
his Hallicrafters which had 13 tubes, I believe, and did have two
6V6s in the push/pull audio output....

SX-28 and its variants had 15 tubes I believe but I don't know the
Hallicrafters line well enough to know if there was a 13 tube set or
not. Do a web search on SX-28s and it will bring up some hits that have
pictures so you can see if the 28 was your uncle's set.

and the 12inch speaker in the separater metal cabinet with a big H
across the grill.

Yup, the PM-23 speaker---some had the "h", some did not; presumably the
one "with" is more valuable.

Had crystal phasing, bfo, great bandspread tuning, an 'S' meter...
all kinds of stuff to increase selectivity. It received weak signals
and more importantly, could select them from strong adjacent
stations.

Definitely a nice set, the top dog in its day. However, only a single
conversion radio--images get to be a bit of a problem above 14 Mc/s.

I've aften wanted to compare it side by side with a modern digital
set. Maybe my memory of it is better than it actually was, but I
don't know.

Well, my credo is "I've used old and I've used new, and believe me, new
is better". grin Technology *has* improved in the last 50 or 60
years. However, for styling, romance, nostalgia and just plain fun, you
can't beat some of the old timers.

It was really versatile at receiving and selecting a station from a
crowded location on a band. It sure was heavy.

75 pounds (!) *plus* maybe another 20 or so for the speaker.


Wish I still had it, great looking piece of hardware from time gone
by. I'd rebuild now that I appreciate it, and have the know how.

Good luck...the 28 can be a pretty tough rebuild to do it right. Again,
look on the web for the trials and tribulations of a guy that documented
his 28 rebuild.

Carter... Thank you for your reply. I acquired the set in 1961, my father
paid my uncle thirty dollars for it because of my interest. The set might
have had 15 tubes, I remember counting but don't remember the number.

I'm sure the new stuff is much better, just my sentiment talking.... has
to be. It sure was exciting though for a twelve year old kid to turn on
that radio and spend hours listening to stations far and near. That kind
of excitment will color one's memory.

If I had the old set, I would rebuild it. Mine was in perfect shape, had
never been worked on, but begin to lose sensitivity a few years after I
had it. I was the kind of kid that had the RCA tube manuel memorized, so
when real schooling in electronics began, I was ready. By that time
though, the Hallicrafters had left the ranch. Wish I had it now though.
Thanks for the tip and encouragement to look it up on the Internet. I'm
on my way to Google this minute.

rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

rpbc wrote:

Carter... Thank you for your reply. I acquired the set in 1961, my father
paid my uncle thirty dollars for it because of my interest. The set might
have had 15 tubes, I remember counting but don't remember the number.

I'm sure the new stuff is much better, just my sentiment talking.... has
to be. It sure was exciting though for a twelve year old kid to turn on
that radio and spend hours listening to stations far and near. That kind
of excitment will color one's memory.

If I had the old set, I would rebuild it. Mine was in perfect shape, had
never been worked on, but begin to lose sensitivity a few years after I
had it. I was the kind of kid that had the RCA tube manuel memorized, so
when real schooling in electronics began, I was ready. By that time
though, the Hallicrafters had left the ranch. Wish I had it now though.
Thanks for the tip and encouragement to look it up on the Internet. I'm
on my way to Google this minute.


My first SW radio was a Halli S-40, given to me by a local ham because I
had taken an interest in SW but my parents couldn't afford $150 for a
new portable (a lot of money in 1986, AND it was analog!) I loved that
radio, but eventually the dial cord broke, and when I got it back it
wasn't the same. I later learned that the 40 is hard to align, and the
guy who replaced the dial cord had done it wrong. It was never the same
after that. Over the years the rectifier went bad (an 80) and the
capacitors started to go bad. Finally I sold it for $20 to an old man
who worked on old ham gear for fun because it was getting way beyond my
ability to restore. Lost sensitivity is probably a result of one of the
tubes going bad, I had the same problem with my 40 and all it needed was
a new tube.

An elderly guy who lives down the street from me was in the 149th Signal
Company (U.S.Army) in World War Two in Europe.Another guy in
Hattiesburg,he is about 74 years old,was at Kagnew Station in Africa.
www.kagnewstation.com He worked in radio at Kagnew
Station,decyphering radio signals.
cuhulin

Every once in a while,when I am watching old,old War Movies,I see some
Hallicrafters Radios with the big H on them,sometimes there is a
seperate speaker with the big H on the speaker.
cuhulin

wrote:

Every once in a while,when I am watching old,old War Movies,I see some
Hallicrafters Radios with the big H on them,sometimes there is a
seperate speaker with the big H on the speaker.
cuhulin


I'd be very interested in seeing that, Which movies had the big 'H' in
them? I'd be happy with even one name...

Heck..even the famous Gilligan's Island radio didn't have an 'H' on it.




mike

They Were Expendable movie is one of them.Next time I watch some old,old
War movies,whenever I see a Hallicrafters radio (or whatever other brand
names of radios) in the movies,I will try to remember to write down the
titles of the old,old War movies.
cuhulin