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Thu Mar 11 16:47:32 2010 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:47:27 CST From: Old Tube Radios To: Old Tube Radios Subject: BOATANCHORS digest 4322 Message-Id: <20100311224728.7A8B24EDA4E@minime.theporch.com> BOATANCHORS Digest 4322 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: [Milsurplus] Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by David Hollander 2) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by Tom Norris 3) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" 4) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by zengmeiste@aol.com 5) Re: [Milsurplus] Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by "Arden Allen" 6) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by "Sandy" 7) RA-42-A Rectifier. by "Brian Goldsmith" 8) Help changing email addresses on Boatanchors by John Dilks K2TQN 9) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by wb3fau@att.net 10) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by Chuck Grandgent 11) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by David Hollander 12) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by Chuck Grandgent 13) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by "David Stinson" 14) Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. by john 15) Halli SX-62A Fun #1 Long by "Allan Fritsche" 16) Re: Halli SX-62A Fun #1 Long by spr@earthlink.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <4B9718D0.5090604@cox.net> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:58:08 -0700 From: David Hollander MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Old Tube Radios CC: Old Tube Radios , milsurplus@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Something is seriously wrong if you paid $40 to ship an ARC-5 Dave. I believe you are in Texas which I would consider the middle of the country, Fed-Ex ground should be no more than $20 to the most distant points and less depending upon mileage. I ship all my larger items with Fed-ex ground and all small items with the post office. The post office does have longer lines lately but they do an excellent job in my opinion and the overseas rates on small stuff is hard to beat. Ever ship a small item overseas by Fed-ex or UPS? It will cost you 10 times what the post office costs and you will fill out several pages of paperwork where the post office has a pretty simple customs form. What is going to kill hobby selling is ebay itself. Ever since that SOB Donahoe took over two years ago, they continue to impose more and more draconian policies on sellers and they continue to raise their fees. They also continue to allow sellers like you know who in Kentucky to continue despite all his problems. Why? He generates a lot of money in fees. They look the other way if it is a big seller. Although this does not really affect us selling radios, they have opened it up for large Wal-mart type sellers to dump their entire inventory on ebay while letting them negotiate fees and play by a different set of rules. They allow these big sellers to commit violations that would get smaller sellers kicked off which is their ultimate goal. Shortly after taking over, Donahoe publicly referred to the smaller sellers as noise. Ebay was crewed up royally by Meg Whitman who is now running for Governor of California. I don't sell much ham gear on ebay anymore. I prefer to use QTH, eham and the boatanchor mailing lists. Just for the record, I have not been kicked off of ebay and I am still a preferred seller although I just barely meet the requirements for that. Dave N7RK -- *********************************************************** Dave N7RK Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk Phoenix, Arizona *DXCC Honor Roll* *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB* ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Tom Norris Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:17:50 -0600 Cc: Old Tube Radios Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3748231F-62F5-47B1-A51A-4387C43950C1@gmail.com> To: Old Tube Radios I sent some non-glowbug parts - about 80 pounds worth from TN to (I = forgot where) up east, it only cost about $65 to dispatch via UPS and it = was double packed, which added even more to the weight. This was only = a couple years ago. =20 Last year I received some items from the UK, again car parts and not = glowbugs, but about $30 or so for postage from Royal Mail/ParcelForce. With USPS Flat Rate boxes, you can send as much as the box will hold. I = have gotten items weighing 30-50 pounds that fit in medium and large = flat rate boxes, and the large is only a bit over $12. FedEX Ground has been my favorite shipper over the past few years, I = rarely go USPS except on smaller items. *shrug* just my two cents worth, based on my experience. Tom On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:51 PM, john wrote: > Hi Dave >=20 > Somethings wrong. 8 lbs doesn't cost that much to ship, unless you've = selected Priority Mail..and even that doesn't cost $40. >=20 > Parcel Post is still available for all transactions paid through = paypal, OR at the PO counter. That having been said, shipping costs are = not cheap, that's a fact. >=20 > Unless of course all this changed since Saturday when I last mailed = stuff . >=20 > John K5MO >=20 >=20 > At 08:46 PM 3/9/2010, David Stinson wrote: >> Ebay has made many scarce and even rare items available >> to collectors and has saved thousands of pieces from the dumpster. >> However- those days may soon end. >> Shipping restrictions are becoming prohibitive >> and costs are climbing quickly. I recently sent an ARC-5 >> transmitter to a gentleman in the next state. The Post Office >> demanded nearly $40 to ship it, and that price is going to go up. >> People already bid less or not at all because shipping has become a = major part of the expense of collecting. >> There are many modest-sized items >> I can't ship internationally due to stricter box size >> and weight restrictions. >> And the no-explanation discontinuance of "surface mail" as an option = has also damaged the hobby collecting of our friends overseas. >> "Hamfests" are no answer. They are few and far, >> and as we all age we will be less willing (or able) to participate. = Moreover, a hamfest is a severely limited, local market. I can go to = every hamfest in Texas >> for the rest of my life and I will never see that RAV >> receiver someone's kids in New Jersey threw into the dump >> because they couldn't market it. >> What to do in a world where shipping an ARC-5 a lousy 300 miles = costs $40? >> Your thoughts? >=20 ------------------------------ MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:39:27 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. To: Old Tube Radios Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Tom Norris wrote: > I sent some non-glowbug parts - about 80 pounds worth =A0from TN to (I fo= rgot where) up east, it only cost about $65 to dispatch via UPS and it was = double packed, which added even more to the weight. =A0 This was only a cou= ple years ago. > > Last year I received some items from the UK, again car parts and not glow= bugs, but about $30 or so for postage from Royal Mail/ParcelForce. > > With USPS Flat Rate boxes, you can send as much as the box will hold. =A0= I have gotten items weighing 30-50 pounds that fit in medium and large flat= rate boxes, and the large is only a bit over $12. > > FedEX Ground has been my favorite shipper over the past few years, I rare= ly go USPS except on smaller items. The reason to use USPS is simple, Insurance. If you are the recipient and the package is insured, they will pay you for the loss while FedEx will only pay the SENDER!!! I bought a pair of windshields for $2500. They were broken enroute and I went to collect the insurance. I was told that the shipper had to make the claim!!! The sender, who had been paid IN FULL for both the items and the shipping, then proceed to hold me up for $500 as his "processing fee" in order to sign the payment over to me so I could collect it. I decided then and there that I would NEVER receive a package from FedEX again! It was a rip off and no amount of my protestation would change their minds. They are crooks!!! Jim Isbell "If you are not living on the edge, well then, you are just taking up too much space." ------------------------------ To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:52:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: zengmeiste@aol.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CC8E356702C606_2EA4_11929_webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com" Message-Id: <8CC8E35669ECC46-2EA4-8A24@webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com> ----------MB_8CC8E356702C606_2EA4_11929_webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well, here's my nickel's worth... there Used to be all sorts of ride-share= boards at local colleges, maybe Craigslist would have listings?.... find someone going tha= t way and=20 pay them a couple bucks to transport and drop off your item(s). Gotta be= an underground transport system out there, just need to tap into it. For some cities Eas= t of Chicago there's MegaBus; does Greyhound still accept packages for transit? 73, Terry B KC9KEL =20 =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: David Stinson To: Old Tube Radios Sent: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 7:46 pm Subject: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. What to do in a world where shipping an ARC-5 a lousy 300 miles costs $40= ? Your thoughts?=20 =20 =20 ----------MB_8CC8E356702C606_2EA4_11929_webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED--- * * This post contains a forbidden message format * * (such as an attached file, a v-card, HTML formatting) * * Mail Lists at theporch.com only accept PLAIN TEXT * * If your postings display this message your mail program * * is not set to send PLAIN TEXT ONLY and needs adjusting * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----------MB_8CC8E356702C606_2EA4_11929_webmail-d056.sysops.aol.com-- ------------------------------ Message-ID: <002701cac037$bd2edde0$689e480c@KB6NAX> From: "Arden Allen" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:49:36 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > .......Ebay was crewed up royally by Meg Whitman ...... Welcome to America! Where big money corrupts everything and leaves the regular guy a few table crumbs so he'll continue to salute the flag. The rich lady is trying to buy her election here in California. She won't get my vote. Arden Allen KB6NAX Adopt a shelter dog, save an innocent life, and make a friend forever =:-) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <8140566280334F6DA7DF00D4458CD8FD@gateway> From: "Sandy" To: Old Tube Radios Cc: "Old Tube Radios" Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:23 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One of the problems with USPS and Priority Mail "flat rate" is they have made the boxes MUCH thinner! Ain't gonna hold heavy stuff with that kind of cardboard! I used to move a lot of of stuff via ebay, it was like a virtual hamfest without having to grunt and groan hauling stuff to the fest, setting up, hauling stuff back home, etc. I moved a big bunch of "model airplane" kits, engines, parts etc. with no problem. The ebay rates and the shipping costs have stopped me from putting stuff like this on ebay. Too much of a hassle. Ebay wants to screw the very thing that made them popular: the small seller trying to peddle stuff out of his basement or garage! I was wondering just how long it would take for the THUGS in Washington DC to start nit picking the sellers on bay...et al! The same thing happened to hamfests here years ago when the local "bureaucrats" began collecting sales taxes and demanding dealers get "licenses" to sell for a couple of days! All the greed isn't on Wall Street! 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Norris" To: "Old Tube Radios" Cc: "Old Tube Radios" Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:17 PM Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. I sent some non-glowbug parts - about 80 pounds worth from TN to (I forgot where) up east, it only cost about $65 to dispatch via UPS and it was double packed, which added even more to the weight. This was only a couple years ago. Last year I received some items from the UK, again car parts and not glowbugs, but about $30 or so for postage from Royal Mail/ParcelForce. With USPS Flat Rate boxes, you can send as much as the box will hold. I have gotten items weighing 30-50 pounds that fit in medium and large flat rate boxes, and the large is only a bit over $12. FedEX Ground has been my favorite shipper over the past few years, I rarely go USPS except on smaller items. *shrug* just my two cents worth, based on my experience. Tom On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:51 PM, john wrote: > Hi Dave > > Somethings wrong. 8 lbs doesn't cost that much to ship, unless you've > selected Priority Mail..and even that doesn't cost $40. > > Parcel Post is still available for all transactions paid through paypal, > OR at the PO counter. That having been said, shipping costs are not > cheap, that's a fact. > > Unless of course all this changed since Saturday when I last mailed stuff > . > > John K5MO > > > At 08:46 PM 3/9/2010, David Stinson wrote: >> Ebay has made many scarce and even rare items available >> to collectors and has saved thousands of pieces from the dumpster. >> However- those days may soon end. >> Shipping restrictions are becoming prohibitive >> and costs are climbing quickly. I recently sent an ARC-5 >> transmitter to a gentleman in the next state. The Post Office >> demanded nearly $40 to ship it, and that price is going to go up. >> People already bid less or not at all because shipping has become a major >> part of the expense of collecting. >> There are many modest-sized items >> I can't ship internationally due to stricter box size >> and weight restrictions. >> And the no-explanation discontinuance of "surface mail" as an option has >> also damaged the hobby collecting of our friends overseas. >> "Hamfests" are no answer. They are few and far, >> and as we all age we will be less willing (or able) to participate. >> Moreover, a hamfest is a severely limited, local market. I can go to >> every hamfest in Texas >> for the rest of my life and I will never see that RAV >> receiver someone's kids in New Jersey threw into the dump >> because they couldn't market it. >> What to do in a world where shipping an ARC-5 a lousy 300 miles costs >> $40? >> Your thoughts? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2732 - Release Date: 03/09/10 01:33:00 ------------------------------ From: "Brian Goldsmith" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: RA-42-A Rectifier. Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:57:41 +1100 Message-ID: <4A1957389C374307A5D57836EC87BEC5@pcbriang> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings to all. Can anyone point me to a URL to dowmload a Service Manual for an RA-42-A Rectifier used to power a BC639A receiver.There's not much in it,however I'm restoring the setup for a friend who is not fully conversant with old radios and would like to try to explain the workings to him. Thanks for the read,Brian G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:39 -0500 To: Old Tube Radios From: John Dilks K2TQN Subject: Help changing email addresses on Boatanchors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-Id: <20100311004427.47C4A4DAFB2@minime.theporch.com> Hi Jack, I was forced to change email addresses, and am trying to update Boatanchors. From you web page and old instructions (2002) the email seems to be bouncing. I'm changing from oldradio@worldnet.att.net to oldradio@comcast.net I used the following .... To: listproc@theporch.com subscribe boatanchors John Dilks K2TQN 73, John ------------------------------ From: wb3fau@att.net To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:14:06 +0000 Message-Id: <031120100114.98.4B9843DE0009C7B90000006222243322829B0A02D29B9B0EBF9A0E00CC0D99@att.net> Sorry David, you will get no praise from me about Ebay. Every single deal i did thru a "so called good" Fbay seller, was trouble. I have bought tons of stuff thru hamfests and places like this. I have sold items here too. Fbay is not a great thing- it drove the price of our toys thru the roof. I welcome the demise of Fbay. Our hamfest will come back again! Russ. ------------------------------ MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:29:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. From: Chuck Grandgent To: Old Tube Radios Cc: Old Tube Radios Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd6ad3a248ed504817c5835 --000e0cd6ad3a248ed504817c5835 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Well I have to put in my two cents worth. I have actually had good luck on ebay, several Drake items, several tube guitar amps, a very lucky Fender Voodoo Stratocaster guitar, and other items, and I really have no complaints. Of course times change, maybe I wouldnt be so lucky now. Chuck, K1OM, Alachua, Florida On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:14 PM, wrote: > Sorry David, you will get no praise from me about Ebay. Every single > deal i did thru a > "so called good" Fbay seller, was trouble. I have bought tons of > stuff thru hamfests > and places like this. I have sold items here too. Fbay is not a great > thing- it drove the price of our toys thru the roof. I welcome the > demise of Fbay. Our hamfest will come > back again! Russ. > > --000e0cd6ad3a248ed504817c5835 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED--- * * This post contains a forbidden message format * * (such as an attached file, a v-card, HTML formatting) * * Mail Lists at theporch.com only accept PLAIN TEXT * * If your postings display this message your mail program * * is not set to send PLAIN TEXT ONLY and needs adjusting * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --000e0cd6ad3a248ed504817c5835-- ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4B984FED.5090601@cox.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:33 -0700 From: David Hollander MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Old Tube Radios CC: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Russ and Chuck - In 12 years of playing with ebay, I can honestly say I have never had any major problems. As a seller, I have run into my share of a**holes but you would have the same if you were running a retail store. As a result of ebay past, I have a lot of beautiful 1930's and 40's ham receivers that I had only seen in the QST ad's. I did buy a few antique radios that were somewhat disappointing but I attribute that to the seller being clueless about the item and they were not cases of someone trying to rip someone off. What I have noticed is that many people do not read the description or ask questions when in doubt or take the time to read the seller's feedback. The ebay of now is not the same as the ebay of 5-10 years ago. Dave N7RK -- *********************************************************** Dave N7RK Boatanchors Home Page: http://members.cox.net/n7rk Phoenix, Arizona *DXCC Honor Roll* *WAZ#22 - 75 Meter SSB* ex-XE2/N7RK, N7RK/ZB2, VK2ERK, ZM0AJN, WB6NRK, WN6IWX Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector ------------------------------ MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:17:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. From: Chuck Grandgent To: Old Tube Radios Cc: Old Tube Radios Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd6ec98a1328a04817d043c --000e0cd6ec98a1328a04817d043c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I forgot to mention, the Voodoo Stratocaster was the REVERSE HEADSTOCK one. Chuck, K1OM On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Chuck Grandgent wrote: > Well I have to put in my two cents worth. > > I have actually had good luck on ebay, several Drake items, several tube > guitar amps, a very lucky Fender Voodoo Stratocaster guitar, and other > items, and I really have no complaints. > > Of course times change, maybe I wouldnt be so lucky now. > > Chuck, K1OM, Alachua, Florida > > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:14 PM, wrote: > >> Sorry David, you will get no praise from me about Ebay. Every single >> deal i did thru a >> "so called good" Fbay seller, was trouble. I have bought tons of >> stuff thru hamfests >> and places like this. I have sold items here too. Fbay is not a great >> thing- it drove the price of our toys thru the roof. I welcome the >> demise of Fbay. Our hamfest will come >> back again! Russ. >> >> > --000e0cd6ec98a1328a04817d043c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED--- * * This post contains a forbidden message format * * (such as an attached file, a v-card, HTML formatting) * * Mail Lists at theporch.com only accept PLAIN TEXT * * If your postings display this message your mail program * * is not set to send PLAIN TEXT ONLY and needs adjusting * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --000e0cd6ec98a1328a04817d043c-- ------------------------------ Message-ID: <77861DFEF0FF42A9B167D51761C6CF88@boudreaux> From: "David Stinson" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:16 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. > Sorry David, you will get no praise from me about Ebay. > Every single deal i did thru a > "so called good" Fbay seller, was trouble... I'm sorry to hear it. I have done literally *thousands* of Ebay transactions over sixteen years. I can count the "bad" transactions on my fingers, and have some left over. That's not bad.... not bad at all. Maybe I just hold my mouth right ;-). ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20100310220709.03614680@pop-server.nc.rr.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:49 -0500 To: Old Tube Radios From: john Subject: Re: Scarce Items and the Coming Demise of Ebay "Hobby" Selling. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Same here. More goodies than I would have found in a lifetime of hamfests. John K5MO At 09:50 PM 3/10/2010, David Stinson wrote: >- >I'm sorry to hear it. I have done literally *thousands* of Ebay >transactions over sixteen years. I can count the "bad" transactions on my >fingers, and have some left over. >That's not bad.... not bad at all. >Maybe I just hold my mouth right ;-). ------------------------------ Message-ID: From: "Allan Fritsche" To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Halli SX-62A Fun #1 Long Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:36 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Group Haven't posted in a while and thought I would share my latest restoration. The humble SX-62A came my way about a month ago. Seller said it worked great and it looked presentable in his pictures. Got to digging a little deeper and he disclosed BTW it works great on the FM band, but only in the AM position. Got him to drop the price 50 bucks and bought it. Well I knew it was working on slope detection so the IF's at 10.7 were OK. Well it arrived double boxed through FEDEX and after unpacking my greatest fear was that the dial glass was broken, It made the trip with no problems. OK, heaved up on the bench and applied antennae, speaker and power. IT's ALIVE. Sure enough, FM wasn't working, so powered off and starting checking tubes and noticed the 5U4 was missing. OK solid stated, Most of the tubes were Hallicrafter brands and all tested very weak on my B&K 747. I knew that wasn't the problem until I got to the 6H6 used for the FM discriminator was dead, filament open. Now Ive worked on alot ot these boats and never had a bad 6H6. Removed the other 6H6 from the ANL circuit and plugged it in. WOW, now I have FM. Took the unit out of its case and inspected the inners, All original caps, Black Beauties and Tiny Chiefs. UGH Made my shopping list for tubes, caps and etc from AES. More to come unless I hear protests. Your Friend Al W5ADF ------------------------------ Message-ID: <17746067.1268347635765.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:47:15 -0500 (EST) From: spr@earthlink.net To: Old Tube Radios Subject: Re: Halli SX-62A Fun #1 Long Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HI Alan, You'll find a couple of 10 ohm squeal stoppers in the rear part of the bandswitch that are not replaceable, even with my 3/16" diameter long tip soldering iron. OTOH, the fact that they are now 15 ohms instead of 10 probably has no effect on how the radios works, whew! I was advised earlier to take the covers off all IF cans (the coils stay in place, fortunately) and change out all micas. It was claimed that Hallicrafters used some poor quality micas that go open. If the crystal filter IF stuff doesn't work, unscrew the crystal housing on the switch and clean the crystal and contacts; that will probably fix it. Remember to find the crystal peak frequency and align the IF to that, rather than to nominal 455 kHz. ALso, take the bottom cover off the power transformer and change out the two 0.01 uF line bypass caps before one of them shorts out and zaps you. I adivse the use of purpose-made ceramic line bypass caps. Mouser and so on have them.I can look up the part number if you like. They're something like 2500V rated, to allow for nearby lightning and inductive kick-backs. Have a good time! It's a nice radio. Peace, Scott My SX-42 worsk quite well. -----Original Message----- >From: Allan Fritsche >Sent: Mar 11, 2010 5:06 PM >To: Old Tube Radios >Subject: Halli SX-62A Fun #1 Long > >Hello Group >Haven't posted in a while and thought I would share my latest restoration. >The humble SX-62A came my way about a month ago. Seller said it worked great >and >it looked presentable in his pictures. Got to digging a little deeper and he >disclosed BTW >it works great on the FM band, but only in the AM position. Got him to drop >the price >50 bucks and bought it. Well I knew it was working on slope detection so the >IF's at 10.7 >were OK. >Well it arrived double boxed through FEDEX and after unpacking my greatest >fear was that the >dial glass was broken, It made the trip with no problems. >OK, heaved up on the bench and applied antennae, speaker and power. IT's >ALIVE. > >Sure enough, FM wasn't working, so powered off and starting checking tubes >and noticed >the 5U4 was missing. OK solid stated, Most of the tubes were Hallicrafter >brands and all >tested very weak on my B&K 747. I knew that wasn't the problem until I got >to the 6H6 used >for the FM discriminator was dead, filament open. Now Ive worked on alot ot >these boats and >never had a bad 6H6. Removed the other 6H6 from the ANL circuit and plugged >it in. >WOW, now I have FM. > >Took the unit out of its case and inspected the inners, All original caps, >Black Beauties and >Tiny Chiefs. UGH > >Made my shopping list for tubes, caps and etc from AES. > >More to come unless I hear protests. > >Your Friend Al >W5ADF > > > ------------------------------ End of BOATANCHORS Digest 4322 ******************************