Re: The First and Last Hallicrafters with Flywheel tuning?
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The SX-10 is most likely the first hallicrafters with flywheel drive.? Radiomuseum has several photos of the insides showing the mechanism.? The SX-10 dial is the first to have an engraved dial of some 300+ degrees.? Looking at the SX-9 photos at the RM, it appears to have a direct drive so the 180 degree dial makes perfect sense.? I assume that the sets made before hallicrafters began production with the S-9 are also 180 degree dials?
The SX-10 set the standard for later production models.? The rumor is that only 200 were made but I think that there must have been more made then that.? Is this early trendsetter in anyone else's collection? Jim Logic: Method used to arrive at the wrong conclusion, with confidence.? Murphy
My SX-17 has direct tuning via a fly wheel.
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Jim Whartenby