On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:24:49 -0500, wrote:

My Zenith Royal 2000 (did I say Zenith Royal 200 in that previous post
of mine? if I did,I made a typo,it is a Zenith Royal 2000 AM/FM radio)
radio,a vey,very nice looking radio too.It is the same size as my Zenith
Royal 1000 Trans-Oceanic radio except it looks to me like it is about
3/8ths ot 1/2 incher larger from front to back than my Zenth Royal 1000
radio,it is a big heavy Zenith AM portable radio with a wide carrying
handle mounted on top of the radio.Maybe somebody can find a picture on
the internet of a radio just like it.I am looking at the schematic
inside on the back panel of the radio right now.It is an all transistor
radio and the chassis mounted inside of the cabinet of the radio looks
to me like the chassis is mounted upside down in the radio.There is no
jack on the radio for an adapter,it runs on batteries only,best as I can
see.Inside,on the back of the radio's chassis is a three way slide
switch for Rado,Tuner and Phono and to the right of that slide switch is
a jack for Phono Tuner and to the right of that jack is another jack for
Ear Phone Jack.On the schematic it says,Patented in Canada by Zenith
Radio Corporation in one or more of the following years:
1946,1949,1950,1951 (I think I see a little bitty date that says,1 30
59,is that when the radio was made?) On the schematic it says,CHASSIS
11ET40Z2 and stamped on the metal of the chassis,it says,8682290,the
same numbers are on a paper label right next to those numbers.It looks
like the plastic battery holder takes eight D cell batteries.I don't
know anything about how to repair radios unless it is oviously something
as simple as soldering a wire back together or cleaning up battery
corrosion.There is an old guy by the name of Otto about eighty something
years old who lives in Clinton,Mississippi (Clinton is a small city of
about 21,847 population five miles West of me) and he has been doing
radio repair work for many,many years.I guess he knows about as much
about repairing radios as anybody else does.Someday I am going to take
that radio and my big old Telefunken wooden cabinet table model
AM/FM/Shortwave radio and my Grundig wooden cabinet floor model
AM/FM/Shortwave/Phonograph radio over to his house and let him work on
those radios.I own a lot of old tube type and transistor radios and one
very nice little wooden cabinet table model tube type AM radio in
particular that I once bought from old man Thomas Burnside about seven
years ago (Thomas Burnside sells old radios and clocks and things,he
lives one mile West of me) and I definetly want to get that radio
repaired and working.I own a couple of very old external radio speakers
too.I can't even get to those two speakers right now because I have so
much stuff stacked all around them.One of the speakers is octogon shaped
and it has a cloth grill on it with a sort of a flower design on the
cloth grill,I think it is a Zenith external speaker and dates back to
the 1920's or 1930's and the other speaker (I can see them in one of my
junk rooms,I just can't get to them up close right yet) has a round
metal housing and a cloth grill with a sort of a criss cross diagonal
metal grill on it,I think it dates back to the 1940's or earlier.I wish
I knew how to do my own radio repairs.
cuhulin.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/p/a/padgett46/transto.htm

"dxAce" wrote in message ...

dxAce wrote:

Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=57696430 15&rd=1

I quit at $3500.00 ;-)
dxAce
Michigan
USA

I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500. After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it. Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and electrically so-so. To each his own I guess.

Dale W4OP

Yep,my Zenith Royal 2000 radio looks just like that one and like I
say,it is in very nice physical and cosmetic condition.Now,my Zenith
Royal 1000 Trans-Oceanic radio is in crappy condition.A lot of the
chrome is pitted and the chrome paint on the plastic area around the
dial is mostly long since worn off and the top part of the drop down
front panel is missing.After all,I bought the radios at a Goodwill
thrift store years ago,so I can't expect them all to be in like new
condition.
cuhulin

The only kind of a radio I would pay that kind of money for (assuming I
could afford it,which I can't) is a Watkins-Johnson radio in very good
and working condition.OK,y'all,start bashing my favorite radio,Fire
Away!
cuhulin

beerbarrel wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



Howard wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dxAce wrote:

Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=57696430 15&rd=1

I quit at $3500.00 ;-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste.

It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago.

Yes, he did.

By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with his callsign on it.

Joe's a pretty darn nice guy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message
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beerbarrel wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



Howard wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dxAce wrote:

Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will
fetch.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57696430 15
&rd=1

I quit at $3500.00 ;-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste.

It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago.

Yes, he did.

By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with
his callsign on it.

Joe's a pretty darn nice guy.

As in Walsh...well, I'll be darned! http://www.qrz.com/detail/WB6ACU

That's pretty neat! There's an interesting thread idea...famous hams.
Goldwater, Walsh....? (I'm sure it's been done here, though.)

"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
news:edXae.2799$Yc.231@trnddc06...


I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo
from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked
like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500.
After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it.
Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and
electrically so-so. To each his own I guess.

Dale W4OP

I think much of the radio's current appeal has to do with the glitzy ad
campaign Hallicrafters ran. The SX-88 was also featured in radio retailer
ads and it was pictured on the cover of the Allied catalog. Although most
of the practical radio buyers of the mid fifties didn't think the SX - 88
was enough radio for the money, it's easy to imagine a young radio
enthusiast lusting after the ulitmate status radio. I suppose a few of
those radio enthusiasts can now buy the radio without worrying whether the
radio actually performs all that well or whatever the resale value might be.

Fulfilling a dream really has nothing to do with performance or resale
value.

Frank Dresser

beerbarrel wrote:

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:59:57 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



beerbarrel wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:33:40 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



Howard wrote:

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:00:49 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dxAce wrote:

Here's another SX-88 up for sale. Wonder how much this one will fetch.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=57696430 15&rd=1

I quit at $3500.00 ;-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

And the reserve isn't even met! Definitely too rich for my taste.

It'll probably go for $10,000 or even more.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

wb6acu bought one for 10 grand awhile back. It was maybe a year ago.

Yes, he did.

By the way, I have a personally signed copy of 'Hell Freezes Over' with his callsign on it.

Joe's a pretty darn nice guy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I've never met him but read quite a bit about his ham radio endeavors.
He spends a good bit of money on ebay that's is certain. He once bid
on a signal generator that I was selling awhile back. I thought about
canceling the auction while he was high bidder and pry an autograph
out of him.

That's pretty much what I did. I sold him some crystals for use in old transmitters up on ePay.
When I discovered who it was I said to heck with the $20 or so and simply asked for a signed
photo. He sent the CD as well.

I did have a good conversation with him on the phone one evening a few years ago when he called
me up.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
news:edXae.2799$Yc.231@trnddc06...


I restored an SX-88 - finished it last year for a friend. Total redo
from new silk screened front panel and dial glasses to total recap. Looked
like new- have pix if anyone would like to see. It went on EBay for $7500.
After being "intimate" w/ this RX for a year- I really don't get it.
Mechanically, a nightmare (although not as bad as the RME6900) and
electrically so-so. To each his own I guess.

Dale W4OP

I think much of the radio's current appeal has to do with the glitzy ad
campaign Hallicrafters ran. The SX-88 was also featured in radio retailer
ads and it was pictured on the cover of the Allied catalog. Although most
of the practical radio buyers of the mid fifties didn't think the SX - 88
was enough radio for the money, it's easy to imagine a young radio
enthusiast lusting after the ulitmate status radio. I suppose a few of
those radio enthusiasts can now buy the radio without worrying whether the
radio actually performs all that well or whatever the resale value might
be.

Fulfilling a dream really has nothing to do with performance or resale
value.

Frank Dresser

Well written Frank. And add to that the fact that there are perhaps only
60 or so of the SX-88 known to survive , makes it a collectors dream. Hey,
I don't tell people what I paid for my Davco DR-30!

Dale W4OP

......famous hams.Porky Pig,Miss Piggy,Oliver.
cuhulin