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Technical Topics => Equipment => Topic started by: Gino Italy on September 05, 2017, 1456 UTC

Title: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: Gino Italy on September 05, 2017, 1456 UTC
SX 42
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: Andrew Yoder on September 06, 2017, 0227 UTC
Nice! I just bought an SX-42 from a local estate sale a few weeks ago. Haven't checked it out to see if it works yet.
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: Pigmeat on September 06, 2017, 0243 UTC
Didn't you have one of these years ago, Andy?
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: Josh on September 06, 2017, 1428 UTC
Aren't there specific caps that should be replaced so a bandswitching wafer doesn't go up in flames in the 42? Not that all the paper and lytic caps don't need replaced but one is particularly evil.
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: Gino Italy on September 06, 2017, 1501 UTC
My SX 42 works great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOELZOcfH8I&t=49s

6945 Khz AM Radio Voyager in video
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: syfr on September 13, 2017, 2321 UTC
That is an absolutely beautiful radio. Congratulations. They work really well too!
Title: Re: Hallicrafters SX 42
Post by: John Poet on September 14, 2017, 0205 UTC
I was thinking about trying to pick up one of these or an SX-38, to refurbish, just for the hell of it... sometime...