On the other hand, with all those cavils and hedges in the E-bay
writeup, I can't imagine buying it - if either the power transformer or
the tubes are bad, you're pretty much sunk.
My SB-220 is at least as old, and the electrolytics, etc. are original.
I'm not sure that the analogy with old receivers and transmitters holds up.
Not knowing any better, a few years ago I fired up an SX-28 that a local
non-ham asked me to sell for him. Relatively little drama, but clearly
I was lucky. I wonder where my RME-4350A is today....
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
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On 3/31/2010 9:21 AM, Roger wrote:
>
>
> Pete Smith wrote:
>> The pictures look gorgeous - wonder why he couldn't test it, at least
>> to the point of turning on the filaments and the HV?
> Being a boat anchor rebuilder and fan (I have the Hallicrafters line
> SX101A, HT32B, HT-33B but it's been so long since it's been used I
> only know the 33B works) I often wonder why people want to see the rig
> powered up if it can't be tested. Just turning these old rigs on from
> stone cold is one of the worst things you can do to them. It's bad
> enough with amps, but with receivers and transmitters the load on the
> power transformers can be immense from leaky lytics and old tubes.
> There's few things that can go wrong with an old Henry, unlike those
> using electrolytics. Still tubes sitting for years without the fire
> being lit along with transformers and chokes soaking up moisture I
> cringe at the though of some one just throwing the "on switch" even if
> it sounds like the thing to do.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at
>> www.conteststations.com
>> The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
>> reversebeacon.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/2010 6:18 PM, Patrick wrote:
>>> http://bit.ly/bJgIl9
>>>
>>> I had one of these and my 950SDX fixed. I'd never want for anything
>>> else. :)
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