On Apr 16, 9:36*am, "JB" wrote:

Occasionally I find some equipment that never worked from the factory and so
escaped much wear and tear, being passed from one shelf to another. *After I
acquire it for a song, I find a quality control issue. *I got my IFR that
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I agree with that! I have picked up several pieces of equipment that
are 'like new'
but have some subtle problem. Usually it is a small error with large
effect on operation.
Does not say much for factory QA!!

Neil S.

"Paul P" REMOVE paul @ REMOVE ppinyot . REMOVEcom wrote in
message ...
The culprit:
http://www.ppinyot.com/H/Hallicrafte...8straywire.JPG

The rest of the story: http://www.ppinyot.com/s-38.htm

Paul P.

Aha... This is NOT an S-38B, its an S-38. The S-38
has an adjustable BFO, none of the later versions do. No
wonder the schematics seemed wrong, they _were_.

I opened my S-38 to double check and the wire you
indicate in the photo is NOT there so this was definitely
someone's add on. It would be interesing to trace this out
and try to figure out what they thought they were doing.

I have to get at my RX soon, needs a cleaning and some
new caps.
BTW does anyone know of a source for Hallicrafters
knobs of the right vintage for this RX and the S-40 series,
etc? I've had no success at all in trying to find any.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL

Richard Knoppow wrote:

BTW does anyone know of a source for Hallicrafters
knobs of the right vintage for this RX and the S-40 series,
etc? I've had no success at all in trying to find any.

Try Larry Bordonaro. I got some for my S-40A from him but that has been
several years ago.

Contact info can be found at: http://www.antiqueradioknobs.com/

"Bill M" wrote in message
...
Richard Knoppow wrote:

BTW does anyone know of a source for Hallicrafters
knobs of the right vintage for this RX and the S-40
series, etc? I've had no success at all in trying to
find any.

Try Larry Bordonaro. I got some for my S-40A from him but
that has been several years ago.

Contact info can be found at:
http://www.antiqueradioknobs.com/

Thanks, I'll try him.


--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL