On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:41:33 -0800, Don Bowey
wrote:

On 1/15/06 10:23 PM, in article
. net, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

The SX-100 is a classic radio. Same basic design as the SX-88 - and much
slimmer. It actually fits nicely on a shelf that is not too deep. It uses
the 50 kHz if strip and has great selectivity. If there were only a few
receivers around, it might be a very valuable receiver. But, it is fairly
common. The demand is higher than on the SX-101, so the price will normally
be a slight bit higher that for the SX-101. In terms of performance, the
SX-101 is a ham band only SX-100, with more mechanical stability.
Mechanical stability on the SX-100 is terrible, thanks to the otherwise
wonderful gear drive system. On 15 meter cw, with full selectivity, you can
drop a pencil on the desk and lose the station. Nevertheless, it is a
classic radio.

I bought one in excellent condition, with a nice Hallicrafters speaker for
$100. Also bought a basket case SX-100 for $35.

How someone else spends their money is their business.

Colin K7FM



Yes it is their business, but we are entitled to comment if we wish. I was
dumb enough to buy an SX-100 new, and it was so mechanically unstable I
couldn't use a key or bug on the same table as the receiver. I sold it as
soon as I could afford a different receiver; an RME if I recall correctly.

The SX-100 was junk in the 60s and it's junk now.

Don

I had a low-end National SW-54 as my first receiver. You could breath
on it and lose a CW station. I ended up getting one of the little
ARC-5 surplus receivers; bought it for $5, made it work on 100-v.AC
for another $20; you could bang on it with your fist, and the CW
stayed rock steady. I lost that little receiver sometime in the 70s,
much to my dismay...

The SX-100 went for $1700 and change on eBay...

An unbuilt Heathkit 2060 tuner went for $545; I was beat out by ten
bucks. Damn.

bob
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