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SX-117 New Issue?????
While I just posted the SX-117 restoration has gone well with the BFO
adjustments, a new and puzzling item
has reared its head.
The selectivity control, which is connected to the 2nd conversion
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Re: SX-117 Knobs
Further to this, I should add, that new or current bottles of "White Out",
no longer use a brush for application,
they have a triangular shapes wedge as the applicator. Sort of looks like a
very
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: SX-117 Knobs
I've done something similar with old instrument knobs. I first give
them a good soap-and-water cleaning with mechanic's hand cleaner
(Go-Jo, Goop, etc) and an old tooth brush. Sometimes, this is
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Dale <dchishol@...>
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Continuing SX-117 Alignment and Repair Story
Well, I think I finally got it. At the suggestion of others, a fresh look
or adjustment of the BFO circuit was needed.
This seems to be the most critical adjustment one can make on an
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: Anyone know "Fix it Fox" on Ebay?
Try this:
Charles Talbott, K3ICH
13192 Pinnacle Lane
Leesburg, VA 20176-6146
(540) 822-5643
E-mail: pincon@...
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Larry Walker <kw4a@...>
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Re: Anyone know "Fix it Fox" on Ebay?
I never heard of him but I and I am sure others would like to know
about this vendor. Any answers to this question?
Bill, K2WH
wrote:
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: S-38C antenna
I cannot answer that question. If you don't already have one, your best bet
is to get a service
manual for the receiver. You can get them from various sources such as
radioreprints. Do a
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: S-38C antenna
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looped
overloading,
Thanks for the tip. It has all NOS tubes from Antique Electronics
Supply that arrived on Saturday!
What would be the expected
(approximate) range of the AVC voltage
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tuberadioguy
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Anyone know "Fix it Fox" on Ebay?
This person sells knob inserts for various makes of equipment?
Thanks, Ed.
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Ed Hatcher <eh_54@...>
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SX-117 Knobs
Still working on the SX-117 receiver. This is probably known by many old
radio restoration experts but I tried this idea with the knobs and it came
out quite well and I thought I would pass it
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: S-38C antenna
For a receiver such as the S-38, almost any long wire, straight or looped
will work fine. I would just put up as much
wire as possible and go from there. If you are experiencing overloading,
then I
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SX-110 knobs
Hi all does any one have a spair knob for a SX 110 I just bought a sx
on Ebay and it is missing a knob.
Tom kd8bjh
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Re: S-38C antenna
Hi I use a slinky antenna home made but like the antennas sold on
ebay. Its hanging on a hook on my shop door. I do not think I have
$5 invested. A pece of wire a push on connector to fit the slinky
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S-38C antenna
I'm new to the group and I'm just wondering what kinds of
antennas (length, electrical arrangement) people have used
with a Hallicrafters radio such as the S38 type (or similar).
Has anyone used a
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SX-117 Alignment and Strange Happenings
Just performed a complete alignment of the SX-117 and all went well
with better performance. Having the proper equipment to perform the
alignment is of great help of course.
Anyway, before the
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Bill (Group Owner)
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SX-117 USB/LSB Reception Problem Solved
Solved the USB/LSB switching problem in my SX-117. As I guessed, the BFO
was out of alignment but not a heck of a lot and I needed to get it back to
its center frequency of 50 khz.
The manual states
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Bill (Group Owner)
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SX-117 Problem
Hi guys, working on my sx-117 and encountered a strange problem and want to
pass it by the crowd.
I was having trouble receiving signals until I realized the BFO control was
turned all the way to the
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Canadian Hallicrafters Products
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
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Bill (Group Owner)
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Re: Canadian Hallicrafters Products in Chuck's Book
There are some and they are largely consumer type products. He doesn't
mention that they are canadian, but I have enough of them to know that at least some
are. I also have anSC-77A that was made in
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TV stories.
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
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