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03-01-2009, 09:46 PM
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I Picked Up 3 Hallicrafters Today
Today I picked up 3 Hallicrafters receivers at a local meet.
The S-20R which does work. The S-40 which doesn't work. The S-77 which works. They all will require some restoring and cleaning up. 
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03-01-2009, 10:02 PM
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S-20 is definitely above average. How's the inside look?
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03-01-2009, 10:13 PM
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Kewl ! I'm kinda jealous...(grin) Another thing, when people dropped paint on radios 20-30-40 or so years ago, didn't anybody ever hear of WIPING IT OFF ?!? I've seen more really neat sets w/drops of paint on 'em...
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03-01-2009, 10:23 PM
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 About 1/3 of the old radios I've come up with have paint drips or specks on them.....
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03-01-2009, 10:25 PM
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I have an S-20R AND the original box it came in. It was my Dad's, he bought it new, sat on top of our refrigerator when I wa a kid. I would stand on a chair to get to it and tune around on the bands. Had it hooked up to a long wire run through the attic for an antenna. A friend who is into old radios and replaced a few caps and tubes for me to get it working, commented that the box is probably worth more than the radio!
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03-01-2009, 10:25 PM
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Nice! They look like they all have original knobs (except possibly the band switch on the 77), which is a plus.
I had an Antique & Vintage Radio show in my store last weekend, and I had a table backed by some shelves that had about a dozen Hallicrafters on display, about half of which worked. About every other old-timer that walked up to look said "That one brings back memories...", although of course different models were nostalgic to different people. My oldest was an S-27, there were four S-38's with different suffixes, and an S-40 that played all day. If I can get the pictures resized tomorrow, I will have to post some... --Bob
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03-02-2009, 06:30 AM
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In order: S20R, S40, and S77. I'll post under the chassis photos as I get to work on each one. I have the get a Zenith Trans Oceanic (Y600) off the bench first. I purchased the S20R and S77 for $60.00 and the S40 for $15.00.
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03-02-2009, 07:30 AM
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Very nice score. I'm a little jealous, too - although I honestly wouldn't have any place to set them all up so maybe its best I stay with my two beasts.
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03-02-2009, 07:57 AM
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Knob correction
I should have done this first.
You are correct. While that is a Hallicrafters bandswitch knob, according to "Radios by Hallicrafters" by Chuck Dachis, the S-77 had a black bandswitch knob. I can't really tell from the picture since it's black on black, but it looks like the original was just another black bakelite knob. Shooting from the hip. My lifelong curse. Harry
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03-02-2009, 05:45 PM
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03-02-2009, 07:02 PM
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Hey, at least it's a Hallicrafters knob...I've got a couple that are much worse (one I had long ago I think was sporting a knob from a waffle-iron). I've got at least one S-38 with spun-aluminum-center knobs, and an S-39 that has a couple chicken-head knobs instead of the proper ones...people (at least hams...) were pretty casual about these things back in those days after the "new" wore off...
I will put up pictures of my radio show from Feb 21 in a separate thread shortly, see if you can spot the chicken-head knobs in the Hallicrafters group!!! --Bob
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