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RE: It's all about the Gadgets !

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tomservo

In Reply to: RE: It's all about the Gadgets ! posted by AbeCollins on May 22, 2025 at 14:35:32

Brings back fond memories, i got a Allied Radio knight kit 5 tube radio kit as a kid and had a hallicrafters S-38e short wave next to my bed which was the standard 5 tube radio but had a switch to change the coils so it was .55 to 30MHz.
There is something about old shortwave radios

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RE: It's all about the Gadgets ! - AbeCollins 06:35:35 05/23/25 (1)
I had the Hallicrafters SX-71 on loan to me from my uncle. If I recall correctly, the radio had the shortwave bands on the left and wider and more precise tuning (band spread?) for the Ham Radio bands on the right. It was meant mainly for AM & CW reception but would pickup SSB with the CW BFO turned ON and adjusted.

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- RE: It's all about the Gadgets ! - tomservo 11:27:30 05/28/25 (0)
  Lucky kid! That was one of the radio's I longed for, a classic like the sx42.
  I bought a 71 to restore a couple years ago but have not gotten around to it.
  It turned out about 15 years late, that my s32 was way out of tune and actually was better than it had seemed sigh..

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