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Thanks to all who told me about the Bristol wrenches.? I got a set and they worked beautifully.? I have all the knobs off the radio and am ready to start work on the inside now.

Stan

N2FMI

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I just uploaded a vidoe file "Clip" into the files section. Click on
it and you will be entertained by the best ham radio promo I have ever
seen. It is fabulous and is not dreery like the ARRL promos. It is
very entertaining.

Apparently alot of people are watching it so you may see server errors
pop up and you will have to try again or at a later time. I encourage
you to watch it as it made me smile at its uniqueness.

K2WH

P.S. You must have Real Player to watch it. Have fun. Really you

Yesterday marked the 70th Anniversity of the first
demonstration of FM radio by it's inventor Major
Edwin Howard Armstrong. I thought the Hallicrafters
folks would be interested in this, because of this
man W2XMN many things were accomplished in the
world of signal transmission. He was a great American
and true Patriot. the proceedings from yesterday at Alpine
N.J. site of the Alpine tower which he constructed, will be
rebroadcast on the web at 7PM, on June 14 & June 18 on
www.wfdu.fm.

Thanks,

Dusty Durst
KCLC 89.1 FM

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It's DEAD. The "S" meter, sent to the doctor for emergency surgery did
not survive the operation. I was told it was DOA. I am in mourning.

But I have leads on replacement meters, still alive and kicking.

K2WH

Thanks to Mike, K9UW who suggested I look at this site,

www.antiquehamradio.com/

I was able to secure and procure a replacement "S" meter for my SX-17. Way
to go Mike.

K2WH

Received my replacment "S" meter. It works! Now I just have to clean
it up a little, change the front Bezel with the dead meter Bezel and I
am back in business. Thanks to all and especailly Mike, K9uw for the
sourcing info.

A happy ending to this story, another ham with an SX-17 "S" meter,
needs the plastic scale from my defective "S" meter cause his is
cracked. So my misfortune, resurrects and makes whole (2) SX-17's.
The SX-17 I received the replacement "S" meter from was a junker so it
still lives in the hearts of its bretheren. I think maybe I'm getting
too close to this hobby.

K2WH


--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Bill Gerhold <k2wh@o...>
wrote:

Thanks to Mike, K9UW who suggested I look at this site,

www.antiquehamradio.com/

I was able to secure and procure a replacement "S" meter for my SX-

17. Way

to go Mike.

K2WH

Need some help guys and girls:

Just bought a 1000a off ebay. The dial needed to be restrung. It was
picking up one station where it was stuck and it sounded really good
before restringing. This was on the regular AM band, not shortwave.
Anyway, I got it restrung and back together but now all I get is low
occational static. No sound at all. The tubes do not seem to light
either. It still has all the old caps and electrolytics. Does anyone
have any suggestions? Am I missing something obvious here? Why
wouldn't the tubes light up? Any help is appreciated.

Don

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That was really a dumb answer by me because it doesn't really matter
which radio you have. Although, if you have a SX-1000a, you have
gold.

Anyway, if the tubes are not lit, there could be a number of problems
as follows:

1) Filaments are in series and one has opened
2) If filaments are transformer supplied, transformer could be bad.
3) Bad solder joint

The best and easiest thing to do, is check the tubes and measure the
filament voltages and see if anything is there. If all the filaments
are out, it could be a simple fix. I am curious though how you are
getting static when all the filaments are out.

K2WH

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Bill Gerhold <k2wh@o...>
wrote:

There are (3) 1000a's. Which one do you have? The SX-1000a, the

WR-1000a

or the TW-1000a.



K2WH



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[mailto:HallicraftersRadios@...] On Behalf Of

dunefan2002

Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:16 PM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [From Your Hallicrafters Reflector] HALLICRAFTERS 1000A



Need some help guys and girls:

Just bought a 1000a off ebay. The dial needed to be restrung. It

was

picking up one station where it was stuck and it sounded really good
before restringing. This was on the regular AM band, not

shortwave.

Anyway, I got it restrung and back together but now all I get is low
occational static. No sound at all. The tubes do not seem to light
either. It still has all the old caps and electrolytics. Does

anyone

have any suggestions? Am I missing something obvious here? Why
wouldn't the tubes light up? Any help is appreciated.

Don




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It's a tw1000a. No Gold I guess. Anyway, I don't
understand either. It was receiving before I restrung
it. I'll check the tubes and I hope it's that easy.
There is definite fuzz-static (not hum) but it is very
low. Any other possibilities that you can think of
and thanks for your help.

Don

--- hallicraftersradios_k2wh <k2wh@...>
wrote:

That was really a dumb answer by me because it
doesn't really matter
which radio you have. Although, if you have a
SX-1000a, you have
gold.

Anyway, if the tubes are not lit, there could be a
number of problems
as follows:

1) Filaments are in series and one has opened
2) If filaments are transformer supplied,
transformer could be bad.
3) Bad solder joint

The best and easiest thing to do, is check the tubes
and measure the
filament voltages and see if anything is there. If
all the filaments
are out, it could be a simple fix. I am curious
though how you are
getting static when all the filaments are out.

K2WH

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Bill
Gerhold <k2wh@o...>
wrote:

There are (3) 1000a's. Which one do you have?

The SX-1000a, the
WR-1000a

or the TW-1000a.



K2WH



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[mailto:HallicraftersRadios@...] On

Behalf Of
dunefan2002

Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:16 PM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [From Your Hallicrafters Reflector]

HALLICRAFTERS 1000A

Need some help guys and girls:

Just bought a 1000a off ebay. The dial needed to

be restrung. It
was

picking up one station where it was stuck and it

sounded really good

before restringing. This was on the regular AM

band, not
shortwave.

Anyway, I got it restrung and back together but

now all I get is low

occational static. No sound at all. The tubes do

not seem to light

either. It still has all the old caps and

electrolytics. Does
anyone

have any suggestions? Am I missing something

obvious here? Why

wouldn't the tubes light up? Any help is

appreciated.

Don




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I am NOT familiar with this radio, and you haven't given a whole lot
to go on, but I think some very basic troubleshooting techniques are
in order.

Almost 40 years ago I worked for an old radioman who often shouted
"Mech First." What he meant was, "Look carefully for clues of a
mechanical nature before using a lot of test equipment to search for
subtle electronic things."

In your case, the suggestion to clean the tube sockets is a good idea
- a compromised socket often shows visible corrosion. Along the same
lines, work some contact cleaner through ALL of the switch contacts.
While you're doing this, make certain that their mechanisms operate
freely, with solid detents and clicks where you expect to find them.
The "background static" you describe may be indicative of something
like a band switch which has hung up half way between positions.

But considering your overall symptoms, I'd suggest you do something
very embarrassing: make sure ALL of the tubes are in their correct
sockets! I'm guessing that at least some were removed for the
re-stringing (and they SHOULD have been, to avoid damage from slipped
pliers, dropped screwdrivers, etc). When the tube types (5U4, 6BE6,
etc) are stamped on the chassis it is sometimes unclear which socket
the marking applies to. Not to mention that many of us have picked
up, say, a "12SK7" and parked it into a socket clearly marked "12SQ7".
Nothing, after all, is foolproof since we fools are very ingenious!
(And more than one of my co-workers has enjoyed his favorite malt
beverage at my expense after solemnly swearing to keep quiet about
something I had done . . . )

And if, by some miracle, a tube jumped into the wrong socket when you
weren't looking - there's a better than even chance that no
catastrophic damage was done. At least it's worth the effort to
correct the mis-placement and power up the radio.

My last suggestion is to look VERY carefully in the physical vicinity
of the re-stringing operation. Pay particular attention to the tuning
capacitors. Make sure that no bits of stray wire got lodged between
the movable plates of the capacitors, and that the plates are not
touching each other. Again, this doesn't really explain the lack of
filaments but it could account for what you hear.

Good luck with your project - keep us informed!

Dale
ex-WA8VTN

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Wayne Light <hwlight@s...>
wrote:

Don...If the other fixes don't work...Try cleaning the tube sockets

(both male and female). I use a good contact cleaner and the little
wire brushes they make to clean between teeth (available at many
supermarkets...near the toothbrushes). I've had several radios just
stop working and it turned out to be a bad (dirty) tube contact.

Good Luck
Wayne K7NCE

Thanks for the help everyone. Here's where I am now.
I took the tubes out and reseated them and the radio
works very well. The sound is really unbelievable.
However, when I switch bands the radio will drop all
sensitivity (act like it was before, totally deaf) but
will come back with a slight rap on the top back
portion of the case. Does this this narrow down any
possible problem areas or will a good cleaning with
contact cleaner do the trick? Does this indicate a
bad tube? Also, what is a good brand of contact
cleaner? Again, thanks for all the help.

Don Todd

--- Dale <dchishol@...> wrote:

I am NOT familiar with this radio, and you haven't
given a whole lot
to go on, but I think some very basic
troubleshooting techniques are
in order.

Almost 40 years ago I worked for an old radioman who
often shouted
"Mech First." What he meant was, "Look carefully
for clues of a
mechanical nature before using a lot of test
equipment to search for
subtle electronic things."

In your case, the suggestion to clean the tube
sockets is a good idea
- a compromised socket often shows visible
corrosion. Along the same
lines, work some contact cleaner through ALL of the
switch contacts.
While you're doing this, make certain that their
mechanisms operate
freely, with solid detents and clicks where you
expect to find them.
The "background static" you describe may be
indicative of something
like a band switch which has hung up half way
between positions.

But considering your overall symptoms, I'd suggest
you do something
very embarrassing: make sure ALL of the tubes are in
their correct
sockets! I'm guessing that at least some were
removed for the
re-stringing (and they SHOULD have been, to avoid
damage from slipped
pliers, dropped screwdrivers, etc). When the tube
types (5U4, 6BE6,
etc) are stamped on the chassis it is sometimes
unclear which socket
the marking applies to. Not to mention that many of
us have picked
up, say, a "12SK7" and parked it into a socket
clearly marked "12SQ7".
Nothing, after all, is foolproof since we fools are
very ingenious!
(And more than one of my co-workers has enjoyed his
favorite malt
beverage at my expense after solemnly swearing to
keep quiet about
something I had done . . . )

And if, by some miracle, a tube jumped into the
wrong socket when you
weren't looking - there's a better than even chance
that no
catastrophic damage was done. At least it's worth
the effort to
correct the mis-placement and power up the radio.

My last suggestion is to look VERY carefully in the
physical vicinity
of the re-stringing operation. Pay particular
attention to the tuning
capacitors. Make sure that no bits of stray wire
got lodged between
the movable plates of the capacitors, and that the
plates are not
touching each other. Again, this doesn't really
explain the lack of
filaments but it could account for what you hear.

Good luck with your project - keep us informed!

Dale
ex-WA8VTN

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Wayne
Light <hwlight@s...>
wrote:

Don...If the other fixes don't work...Try cleaning

the tube sockets
(both male and female). I use a good contact cleaner
and the little
wire brushes they make to clean between teeth
(available at many
supermarkets...near the toothbrushes). I've had
several radios just
stop working and it turned out to be a bad (dirty)
tube contact.

Good Luck
Wayne K7NCE

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Well, sounds like you found part of the problem. Glad it is
working. As to your question about a good cleaning, yes that is
exactly what it needs. Include in your cleaning all switches, pots
and any other moving electrical contacts.

These things take time and it also allows you to get to know the
inards of your radio. Since you pulled the tubes and reseated them,
I would follow the suggestion of others about cleaning the tube
sockets with a small dental brush and a contact cleaner. Do not
forget to clean the tube pins.

A good cleaner is one that does not melt plastic. The ones I use are
called "Pro-Gold" or something like that. Others can clue you in to
the exact name. Good luck, it sounds like you are almost there. It
just needs a little more TLC.

K2WH

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., don todd
<dunefan2002@y...> wrote:

Thanks for the help everyone. Here's where I am now.
I took the tubes out and reseated them and the radio
works very well. The sound is really unbelievable.
However, when I switch bands the radio will drop all
sensitivity (act like it was before, totally deaf) but
will come back with a slight rap on the top back
portion of the case. Does this this narrow down any
possible problem areas or will a good cleaning with
contact cleaner do the trick? Does this indicate a
bad tube? Also, what is a good brand of contact
cleaner? Again, thanks for all the help.

Don Todd

--- Dale <dchishol@c...> wrote:

I am NOT familiar with this radio, and you haven't
given a whole lot
to go on, but I think some very basic
troubleshooting techniques are
in order.

Almost 40 years ago I worked for an old radioman who
often shouted
"Mech First." What he meant was, "Look carefully
for clues of a
mechanical nature before using a lot of test
equipment to search for
subtle electronic things."

In your case, the suggestion to clean the tube
sockets is a good idea
- a compromised socket often shows visible
corrosion. Along the same
lines, work some contact cleaner through ALL of the
switch contacts.
While you're doing this, make certain that their
mechanisms operate
freely, with solid detents and clicks where you
expect to find them.
The "background static" you describe may be
indicative of something
like a band switch which has hung up half way
between positions.

But considering your overall symptoms, I'd suggest
you do something
very embarrassing: make sure ALL of the tubes are in
their correct
sockets! I'm guessing that at least some were
removed for the
re-stringing (and they SHOULD have been, to avoid
damage from slipped
pliers, dropped screwdrivers, etc). When the tube
types (5U4, 6BE6,
etc) are stamped on the chassis it is sometimes
unclear which socket
the marking applies to. Not to mention that many of
us have picked
up, say, a "12SK7" and parked it into a socket
clearly marked "12SQ7".
Nothing, after all, is foolproof since we fools are
very ingenious!
(And more than one of my co-workers has enjoyed his
favorite malt
beverage at my expense after solemnly swearing to
keep quiet about
something I had done . . . )

And if, by some miracle, a tube jumped into the
wrong socket when you
weren't looking - there's a better than even chance
that no
catastrophic damage was done. At least it's worth
the effort to
correct the mis-placement and power up the radio.

My last suggestion is to look VERY carefully in the
physical vicinity
of the re-stringing operation. Pay particular
attention to the tuning
capacitors. Make sure that no bits of stray wire
got lodged between
the movable plates of the capacitors, and that the
plates are not
touching each other. Again, this doesn't really
explain the lack of
filaments but it could account for what you hear.

Good luck with your project - keep us informed!

Dale
ex-WA8VTN

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Wayne
Light <hwlight@s...>
wrote:

Don...If the other fixes don't work...Try cleaning

the tube sockets
(both male and female). I use a good contact cleaner
and the little
wire brushes they make to clean between teeth
(available at many
supermarkets...near the toothbrushes). I've had
several radios just
stop working and it turned out to be a bad (dirty)
tube contact.

Good Luck
Wayne K7NCE

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K2WH

--- In
HallicraftersRadios@..., "hallicraftersradios_k2wh"
<k2wh@o...> wrote:

Well, sounds like you found part of the problem. Glad it is
working. As to your question about a good cleaning, yes that is
exactly what it needs. Include in your cleaning all switches, pots
and any other moving electrical contacts.

These things take time and it also allows you to get to know the
inards of your radio. Since you pulled the tubes and reseated

them,

I would follow the suggestion of others about cleaning the tube
sockets with a small dental brush and a contact cleaner. Do not
forget to clean the tube pins.

A good cleaner is one that does not melt plastic. The ones I use

are

called "Pro-Gold" or something like that. Others can clue you in

to

the exact name. Good luck, it sounds like you are almost there.

It

just needs a little more TLC.

K2WH

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., don todd
<dunefan2002@y...> wrote:

Thanks for the help everyone. Here's where I am now.
I took the tubes out and reseated them and the radio
works very well. The sound is really unbelievable.
However, when I switch bands the radio will drop all
sensitivity (act like it was before, totally deaf) but
will come back with a slight rap on the top back
portion of the case. Does this this narrow down any
possible problem areas or will a good cleaning with
contact cleaner do the trick? Does this indicate a
bad tube? Also, what is a good brand of contact
cleaner? Again, thanks for all the help.

Don Todd

--- Dale <dchishol@c...> wrote:

I am NOT familiar with this radio, and you haven't
given a whole lot
to go on, but I think some very basic
troubleshooting techniques are
in order.

Almost 40 years ago I worked for an old radioman who
often shouted
"Mech First." What he meant was, "Look carefully
for clues of a
mechanical nature before using a lot of test
equipment to search for
subtle electronic things."

In your case, the suggestion to clean the tube
sockets is a good idea
- a compromised socket often shows visible
corrosion. Along the same
lines, work some contact cleaner through ALL of the
switch contacts.
While you're doing this, make certain that their
mechanisms operate
freely, with solid detents and clicks where you
expect to find them.
The "background static" you describe may be
indicative of something
like a band switch which has hung up half way
between positions.

But considering your overall symptoms, I'd suggest
you do something
very embarrassing: make sure ALL of the tubes are in
their correct
sockets! I'm guessing that at least some were
removed for the
re-stringing (and they SHOULD have been, to avoid
damage from slipped
pliers, dropped screwdrivers, etc). When the tube
types (5U4, 6BE6,
etc) are stamped on the chassis it is sometimes
unclear which socket
the marking applies to. Not to mention that many of
us have picked
up, say, a "12SK7" and parked it into a socket
clearly marked "12SQ7".
Nothing, after all, is foolproof since we fools are
very ingenious!
(And more than one of my co-workers has enjoyed his
favorite malt
beverage at my expense after solemnly swearing to
keep quiet about
something I had done . . . )

And if, by some miracle, a tube jumped into the
wrong socket when you
weren't looking - there's a better than even chance
that no
catastrophic damage was done. At least it's worth
the effort to
correct the mis-placement and power up the radio.

My last suggestion is to look VERY carefully in the
physical vicinity
of the re-stringing operation. Pay particular
attention to the tuning
capacitors. Make sure that no bits of stray wire
got lodged between
the movable plates of the capacitors, and that the
plates are not
touching each other. Again, this doesn't really
explain the lack of
filaments but it could account for what you hear.

Good luck with your project - keep us informed!

Dale
ex-WA8VTN

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Wayne
Light <hwlight@s...>
wrote:

Don...If the other fixes don't work...Try cleaning

the tube sockets
(both male and female). I use a good contact cleaner
and the little
wire brushes they make to clean between teeth
(available at many
supermarkets...near the toothbrushes). I've had
several radios just
stop working and it turned out to be a bad (dirty)
tube contact.

Good Luck
Wayne K7NCE

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