Re: SX-111 Crystal Calibrator
Have only worked on a couple of those and one did have a faulty calibrator with an obvious problem. A previous tinkerer had broken the plastic envelope of the crystal and then tried to repair it with
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edward schumacher
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SX-111 Crystal Calibrator
Greetings I am restoring an SX-111. The Crystal Calibrator does not work. The 6AU6 tube tests good, I will be tracing the circuit. Has anyone seen this problem and its solution? Bruce KE?VR
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Bruce Kirkpatrick
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Bob Thank you for that tip, I might have missed it, now I won't. Gathering parts right now, beginning to clean it up, lots of dirt, but no corrosion, thank to it having lived its life in a dry
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Richard AG5M
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
When you get around to alignment, remember that the heterodyne oscillator tracks above the received frequency by 455 Kc on all band EXCEPT the top band (15.5 to 44 Mc). There it tracks below the
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Robert Eckweiler
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Thank you Bob, 73.Joe? AB1YO
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Joseph Devonshire
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Joe, complete plans for a similar model loop antenna covering approximately 2.6 to 12.3 MHz is pictured below and described at
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Dexter
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Re: power/tone switch 60A225
Jim, Thanks for the tip, I am going to try that first chance I get. Emil
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Emil
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Re: power/tone switch 60A225
EmilIf the switch still sounds good and you hear a crisp snap when the switch closes then the problem might be corrosion around the rivets that connect the solder tab plates to the internal switch
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Jim Whartenby
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Hi Dexter, Can you send a close-up photo(s) of your loop antenna?? Is it tunable? 73.Joe? AB1YO
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Joseph Devonshire
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
I guess this was factory wired...it is gray and light gray. Thanks Again. Larry
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Larry - WA2DGD
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Hello Richard! I've just done an S85.. very similar rig. Just search the group...for more info. Here are some of choices I made. Be aware of *C56*. It is an hazard to your life! It's also called the
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Emanuele Girlando
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
I see you fixed the metering switch connections.? One more thing. The kit versions of the HT40/SX140 front panel is dark gray with a light greenish/blue(?) color.? The factory wired radio panel is
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Joe Hutchens
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power/tone switch 60A225
The power/ tone control switch on my S-40B has failed. The Hallicrafters part number for power/tone switch is 60A225. That is the same part number for the power/tone switch in the S-40, S-40A, S-40B,
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Emil
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
Unbelievable!!! Good work. It could be just a bad output/drive meter switch¡ with the VFO, I only get one bar on the drive meter. Joe (AJ8MH-Radio) Sent by Wireless!
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Joe Hutchens
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Been there; done that about 10 years ago.? I got the recap kit from Hayseed Hamfest.? Link: https://hayseedhamfest.com/collections/hallicrafters-s-series/products/s-40b-re-cap-kit.? Also replaced
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Dexter
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Re: Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
i have restored an S40 S40A and a S40B. all are EZ restores. first thing to do is replace all the Caps. then check for out of range resistors last thing is check the tubes. good luck the S40B is a
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Anthony W. DePrato
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
Joe, Thanks for the info from the mods. Had a break through early this morning. I kept staring at the function switch and something didn't look right, so I enlarged the photo of the function switch
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Larry - WA2DGD
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Hallicrafters S40-B Restoration Advice
Hello all, this being my first post here.? I recently acquired a Hallicrafters S40-B receiver from a dear friend who went SK.? I had promised to restore it for him, so even though he is gone, I'll
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Richard AG5M
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
I found this info on the web.? It's from the document "HT-40 Preferred Upgrades.pdf".? You can search for it.? I think it's for the plain HT40 and not the Mark 1.? (I've still been trying to
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Joe Hutchens
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Re: Need help with HT-40 MK 1 troubleshooting
TA1 Terminals 1&2 have nothing connected to them and 3&4 are shorted together. I'll try and find a youtube video demonstrating the HT40 and see if the neon bulb lights on CW. Next week if no one else
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Larry - WA2DGD
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