RICH VIDMAR
KF6GK
BOATANCHORS
and
WW6RV The
El Segundo Radio Astronomy Club.
The KF6GK Boatanchors Online Collection
Radios currently in the KF6GK Vintage Radio Museum
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The Hallicrafters SX-111 was built from 1959-1962. This
near mint condition unit came from the TRW ham swapmeet in the Los Angeles
area and included an R-46A speaker.
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The Hallicrafters SX-62A General Coverage Receiver was introduced
in 1950 and continued production until 1955. This unit including R-46B
speaker was found wrapped in plastic in the garage of a former SWL. After
alignment and dial cord restringing it works and looks like new.
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The SX-122 by The Hallicrafters Co. arrived on the SWL scene in
1955. This single conversion receiver covers
538kc-54mc and has bandspread tuning on the 80m - 10m amateur bands.
An example of Hallicrafters distinctive
Double Half Moon design, this unit came from the January 1999 SCARF
meet in Valencia, CA.
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The NC-300 by the National Radio CO. was built from 1955-1958.Coverage
is provided for the 160m thru 10m HF bands as well
as 6m, 2m, and 1 1/4m bands when optional transverters are used.
This very clean unit came from the SCARF antique radio swapmeet in Valencia,
CA. in August, 1998.
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The NC-98,(left) a 1954 National Radio Co. entry to the
General Coverage Shortwave Receiver market, covers 540kc to 40mc with the
80m - 10m Amateur bands calibrated in the bandspread tuning window. This
particular unit was owned by myself when I was a teen. I managed to get
it back from the man I had sold it to as it no longer worked. A little
TLC was all it took to return it to operational status. The National Radio
Co. built the NC-125, (right) starting in 1950. This General Coverage
Receiver was the first to use Nationals famed SELECT-O-JECT circuit. This
one came from a seller at the Ontario, CA SCARS swap that said
he didn't know if it worked, which usually means it doesn't. I paid
$40.00 for the receiver and $2.00 for a new line cord and it
works great.
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The National Radio Co. introduced the NC-57 in 1947. A 7
tube superheterodyne receiver, it continued in production
until 1951. From the January 1999 SCARF meet in Valencia, CA.
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The National Radio Co. built this nifty little table top radio,
the SW-54A, from 1951 thru 1958. Coverage is continuous
from 540kc-30mc. From the Fall '98 SCARF meet.
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The Hallicrafters S-38 Series
The Hallicrafters Co. introduced the first in a series, the S-38
(left) in 1946. The S-38C (center) in Hammertone Gray
finish arrived in 1953 and was built thru1955. The S-38E
(right) with Metalflake Silver Finish followed in 1957 and
incorporated a slide-rule type tuning dial. Coverage is 540kcto
32mc.
The Hallicrafters S-53A was considered a step up from the
S-38 series. Introduced in 1950, it covers 54kc - 54.5mc.
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The Drake 2B Receiver & 2BQ Q-Multiplier were
introduced in 1961 and sold for $279.00. Coverage of the 80-10m Amateur
bands is provided. Very clean, from the TRW swap.
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The Drake TR-4. Built starting in 1964, this 300w pep input
transceiver covers the 80m - 10m Amateur bands in seven
600kc segments. This very clean unit with matching AC supply /
Speaker was found at a garage sale for $40.00 including
a Shure 444 base microphone, although it did take a few more bucks
for a new set of PA tubes to get it on the air.
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