I just found a Halli product that is not in Chucks book. The owner states
it is a Canada Hallicrafters product. My question, did Chuck include Canada
Hallicrafters products in his book?

K2WH

Hi Jerry / Bill & others;

An interesting TV story Jerry. I grew up in Spokane and left for college (1951) before TV had arrived in Spokane. Seattle had a channel or two but while in college for four years I saw maybe a total of one or two hours. After college I entered the Air Force and was stationed in Cheyenne, Wyoming which also had no TV stations (at least until after 1957). Denver was 100 miles to the South and when one of the fellows in the BOQ left the Air Force I bought his Admiral 17 in. TV for $25. I built my own antenna by salvaging 1/4 in. aluminum tubing from a scrapped B-29 fuselage on base (a director, dipole, and reflector mounted on a wooden beam). The signal was just ok but it was fun building the antenna and mounting it on the roof of the BOQ. I had the TV for 20 years and during that time replaced the picture tube, fly-back transformer, and a bunch of other tubes. TV is still kind of low on my priority of things to do.
As Bill mentioned, you should get a copy of Chuck Dachis' Hallicrafters book - well worth the price.

73, Skip Magnuson W7WGM

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"I tried to find a pix of the old tv but havent found that model yet."

I don't know if you have it, but Chuck Dachis' book "Radios By
Hallicrafters" has many pictures of old hallicrafters TV's, many of
them the large console types. So, if you do not have the book, maybe
you should get yourself one. Even without the TV search, it is loaded
with alot of images and information about all Hallicrafters equipment.

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Interesting story. I haven't a clue as to what was our first TV. I
know when I was in my early teens or just prior to that ~ 10 years old,
we had a Magnavox. Earlier than that, I don't think we could afford a
TV. Come to think of it, I don't remember watching TV at all in my
early youth. This would be 1950 to 1960. Hmmm. Maybe I was deprived
as a kid.

So, if you had a Hallicrafters and a TV to boot, you were as you say,
UP TOWN. Lucky guy.

K2WH

Just thought i'd mention that the first television we had, around
1953 I guess it was, was a Hallicrafters. Around 21 inch B&W. It did
have VHF AND UHF tuners. We lived in Columbus Ga and there was one
UHF (28) and one VHF (4) station. Before that you could see some
station out of Atlanta Ga that was mostly snow... It was only on a
few hours in the afternoon and us kids would go to one of the few
houses that had a TV and all sit around the living room and watch
Howdy Doody and Roy Rogers/Gabby Hayes when the pix would come in
good enough to see anything. Otherwise we could hear the audio most
of the time. Man we thought we were UP TOWN. It was like a theater
with 8 or 10 of us sitting there on the floor trying to see these
first TV shows in our area. The house we went to was on top of a high
hill and they had one of those fancy antennas..ha ha remember the
stacked conical antennas, like a dipole with a reflector and
sometimes stacked from 2 to 6 together and they were always on top of
a telephone pole set in the yard. This was great television for us
kids as we had never seen anything like this before.

I tried to find a pix of the old tv but havent found that model yet.
I guess it was pretty fancy for the time and did have a large screen.
Local tv stayed on til about maybe 10 or 11 at night. After getting
out of the Navy (Electronics tech, Radar) I did work as a studio
engineer for one of these stations in the late 60's.

Jerry / W1NRA

I just received a very nice SX-117, and started to clean it up. What is
nice about it, it only had light surface dust on it and cleaning up was only
wiping down with a rag and some pressurized air. Needs a few tubes, their
on order.

Got down to the main tuning control and it was slipping badly. The
compression disks were basically rotating without any friction to turn the
main tuning dial or the tuning cap. This is the fix I tried and it worked
nicely.

1) With a syringe oil applicator, applied lubrication (light oil) to all
bearings or rotating parts in the tuning mechanism, including the main
tuning cap brearings.

2) Carefully, very carefully, used a de-greaser to clean out the gunk
between the friction plates. The degreaser can melt plastic so a spray tube
was used to target just the metal parts. Lots of black gunk came out.

3) Rotated the tuning back and forth and whenever it slipped, hit the
friction plates with more de-greaser.

4) Vaseline lubed, the brass main tuning gearing.

The radio now has solid tuning, no slippage at all.

Bill G.
K2WH

Just a note to tell everyone about a product I have been using for the past
few years on the refurbishment workbench. I use it to protect the finish on
radios and also to provide a slight impact cushion.

It is: The stuff that Sears sells for inside tool box drawers to cushion
your tools. It is about 1/16" thick and comes in precut sizes and even in
6' rolls. It is soft and provides a barrier between your project and the
bench. I have been using this stuff for some time and it is great when
rotating a rig or turning it upside down. It protects the paint and when it
gets melted or torn, just throw it away.

K2WH

I recently acquired a nice SX-117 and am toying with the idea to get a nice
HA-10 "Converter" so I can receive general broadcast stations. The
description of this unit is a converter. Does anyone know if the internals
are hollow state or solid state?

Bill G.
K2WH

Anyone with an old S-38EB, thats a "B" not an "M" they want to unload?
Contact me off site at K2WH@...

Thanks,
K2WH

Hi Bill!

Take a look at

"Radio Shack, the giant mass market retailer, is a division of Tandy Corporation. Tandy began its life as a West Texas company that sold leather products to people who wanted to take raw leather and create their own belts, vests, and jackets. As the company prospered, it moved into other markets and eventually bought an ailing Boston electronic firm called Radio Shack. Radio Shack was running a distant third to the two giants - Allied Electronics in Chicago and Lafayette Radio on Long Island. At the time, Radio Shack had a reputation for low prices and quality that was open to debate. Under the wing of Tandy, the company now completely overshadows its old rivals. Radio Shack bought Allied a few years ago and Lafayette's efforts to build a chain of stores to compete with Radio Shack failed miserably."

73, de Mike, K9UW
Amherst, WI



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From: William P. Gerhold [mailto:k2wh@...]
Sent: Wed 3/30/2005 7:25 PM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [HallicraftersRadios] Re: Attached Ad for Hallicrafters........





Forgot to mention, look down on the bottom of the page on the left hand
side. It says "The Radio Shack". I wonder if that is/was the current
day "Radio Shack"? Anyone know?

K2WH

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

Interesting......



................... Bill (K2WH) ..........................

This site is dedicated to the free and open exchange of ideas, advice, technical and general information about Hallicrafters transmitters, receivers, home entertainment equipment, and all other Hallicrafters products. And more importantly, this site is dedicated to the large number of fans, cheerleaders and users of this wonderful equipment which utilized the technology of vacuum tubes.

Hallicrafters equipment was on the front lines (literally) during the early years with military communications radios. On the home front with shortwave receivers, amateur transmitters and home entertainment equipment. Truly an American company.

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I'm getting too old. I also forgot to mention, credit for this ad most
generously sent to me by mail was provided by:

Gary...WZ1M

Thanks for sharing Gary.

K2WH

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Forgot to mention, look down on the bottom of the page on the left hand
side. It says "The Radio Shack". I wonder if that is/was the current
day "Radio Shack"? Anyone know?

K2WH

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

Interesting......



................... Bill (K2WH) ..........................

When I wrote that reply, I said to myself oops, I should have said I
test them out of circuit and with the highest range ohmmeter. BTW, I
use an old Simpson 260 to do this test in the RX 10,000 scale.

I look for a meter deflection from short circuit to a very high range
final reading. Then I reverse the leads and look for a sharp Kick of
the needle with a final reading in the same high range. Similar to a
diode test. Of course, looking for very high resistance in both
directions. It has worked over the years without failure (no pun
intended).

K2WH

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., "Ed Hatcher" <eh_54@y...>
wrote:

Thanks Bill, whenever I post it's to everyone or I'd go direct.
You're ideas are interesting but it raises another question for me:
you're checking them in-circuit, not removing them, correct? And
you're using the highest range of your VOM/VTVM ?

--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Bill Gerhold

<k2wh@o...>

wrote:

I do not know if this is addressed to the group but here is my 2

cents. I

never really bother to check capacitors

except visually looking for obvious damage. If that was OK, and

something

was not working, I then check

them with a high resistance ohm meter. If that's OK, then I

leave

them

alone, even the black beauties.



I know this is not the proper way to test for bad caps and others

will

probably cringe when I say I leave the black beauties

alone but, when you have little time to do this, and the radio

works

satisfactorily, I say leave them be. So, no real science here

checking capacitors. Just common sense.



Any others with capacitor check methods?



K2WH



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From: Ed Hatcher [mailto:eh_54@y...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:44 AM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [HallicraftersRadios] Capacitor testing




What are you using when testing: ESR meter, capacitance meter,

or?

What are your standards/values for replacement?
Thanks,
Ed





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technical and general information about Hallicrafters

transmitters,

receivers, home entertainment equipment, and all other

Hallicrafters

products. And more importantly, this site is dedicated to the

large number

of fans, cheerleaders and users of this wonderful equipment which

utilized

the technology of vacuum tubes.

Hallicrafters equipment was on the front lines (literally) during

the early

years with military communications radios. On the home front with

shortwave

receivers, amateur transmitters and home entertainment equipment.

Truly an

American company.

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Thanks Bill, whenever I post it's to everyone or I'd go direct.
You're ideas are interesting but it raises another question for me:
you're checking them in-circuit, not removing them, correct? And
you're using the highest range of your VOM/VTVM ?

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

I do not know if this is addressed to the group but here is my 2

cents. I

never really bother to check capacitors

except visually looking for obvious damage. If that was OK, and

something

was not working, I then check

them with a high resistance ohm meter. If that's OK, then I leave

them

alone, even the black beauties.



I know this is not the proper way to test for bad caps and others

will

probably cringe when I say I leave the black beauties

alone but, when you have little time to do this, and the radio

works

satisfactorily, I say leave them be. So, no real science here

checking capacitors. Just common sense.



Any others with capacitor check methods?



K2WH



_____

From: Ed Hatcher [mailto:eh_54@y...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:44 AM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [HallicraftersRadios] Capacitor testing




What are you using when testing: ESR meter, capacitance meter, or?
What are your standards/values for replacement?
Thanks,
Ed





This site is dedicated to the free and open exchange of ideas,

advice,

technical and general information about Hallicrafters transmitters,
receivers, home entertainment equipment, and all other

Hallicrafters

products. And more importantly, this site is dedicated to the

large number

of fans, cheerleaders and users of this wonderful equipment which

utilized

the technology of vacuum tubes.

Hallicrafters equipment was on the front lines (literally) during

the early

years with military communications radios. On the home front with

shortwave

receivers, amateur transmitters and home entertainment equipment.

Truly an

American company.

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What are you using when testing: ESR meter, capacitance meter, or?
What are your standards/values for replacement?
Thanks,
Ed