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.