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Ham-Equip Digest Sat, 30 Oct 93 Volume 93 : Issue 88
Today's Topics:
CQ, QST, Repair Radios
Hallicrafters, Sargent
HTX-202/PK-232 Cable?
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 11:17:30
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ddsw1!Chigate!Uucp@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: CQ, QST, Repair Radios
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Ham-Radio Literature For Sale QUANTITY DEALS! OFFERS AND TRADES
WELCOME!
QST By The Year: 1942 - Present: $48 - $14 per year
By The Issue: 1931 - Present: $6 - $1 each
By The Issue: 1921 - 1930: $19 - $6 each
CQ By The Year: 1948 - 1990: Whole years: $28 - $14
By The Issue: 1946 - Present: Individual issues $4 -
$1
1945 issues: Call for availability and pricing.
RADIO (This is the magazine that became CQ)
By The Issue: 1936 - 1941: $6 - $5 Each
HAM RADIO NEARLY COMPLETE: Volume 1 # 1 to takeover by CQ
(missing
1977, 1984, 1985, 1986 and two issues from other
years).
Mint, sold only as a set: $269
73 Magazine COMPLETE: Volume 1 #1 to September, 1993: $377
By The Issue: Volume 1, #5 - June, 1985: $6 - $1 each
By The Year: 1962 - 1985: $28 - $14 per year
BREAK-IN The New-Zealand version of CQ. Unique and interesting
with ads
for Phillips microphones and Eddystone receivers. Only
4
issues left, all from 1951. $6 each.
SHORT WAVE Many 1930's Issues Avalable: $6 - $14 Each
CRAFT
POPULAR RADIO Many 1920's Issues Available: $6 - $14 Each
RADIO Only 4 Issues Of This VERY RARE 1920's Magazine. $23
Each.
BROADCAST
RAILROAD FOR COLLECTORS ONLY: Two 1903 Issues: $60 Each.
TELGRAPHER
THE CORNELL DUBILIER CAPACITOR 16 issues from Volume 16 (December,
1951)
through Volume 26 (1961) ($9)
BOATANCHOR CLIPPING FILE
Several folks have asked if I know of any good references to
boatanchors.
Yes: 1. Moore COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS book (about $20--see ad in
QST)
2. The EQUIPMENT GUIDE published by Barabara Witxom
(send $40 to Barbra Wixom, 189 Kenilworth,Glen Ellyn, IL
60137)
and finally, in distant 3rd,
3. Merz's BOATANCHOR CLIPPING FILE ($15 postage paid)
This is a true clipping file--nothing original, just photocopies of
pages
from magazines and other sources. Years covered: 1945 - 1965
approximately.
Includes:
* Amateur transmitters, receivers, transceivers
and some accessories
* Decent pictures of most of the gear (some good, some bad)
* Brief descriptions or advertising copy
* Years of manufacture
* Original list prices
* Sams/Riders cross-reference
I'm sure this is FAR from complete. There's no index--the clippings
are just
as I found them. Military gear is not covered. But I have found this
quite
useful and you might like it too.
VARIOUS
Allied 1942 Radio Formula and Data Book: $3
The Audio Tape Recorder Directory, 1959-1960, fair: $3
Sylvania Characteristics of Receiving Tubes, 1962: $8
ARRL Publications: Handbooks: $16: 1943, 1946, 1947
$13: 1952, 1953
$9: 1965, 1966, 1969
200 Meters and Down by Clinton DeSoto,
original
1936 edition in excellent condition. A real
piece
of ham radio history: $49
Antenna Book, 3rd Edition, 1945 ($8)
Antenna Book, 4th Edition, 1946 ($7)
Operating An Amateur Radio Station, 1956 ($2)
Operating An Amateur Radio Station, 1958 ($2)
Emergency Communications, 1958 ($2)
Weekend Projects, 1979 ($4)
Great Wireless!
1942 Drake's Cyclopedia of Radio and Electronics, HB,
excellent: $26
1942 Gernsback Everybody's Radio Manual: $13 (same as 1934
issue)
1935 Gernsback How To Make The Most Popular Receivers: $11
1937 Shortwave Craft Shortwave Beginners Book: $11
1935 Hammarlund Shortwave Manual: $25
1935 Shortwave Manual (by Don Wallace): $25
1938 Ghirardi Modern Radio Servicing: $25 (1st edition)
1937 Mallory Radio Servicing Encyclopedia, mint: $23 (1st
edition)
1938 Mallory Radio Servicing Encyclopedia, mint: $15
1947 CQ DX Annual, excellent: $9 (1st Edition)
Catalogs
International Crystal, 1959: $3
Manuals
Johnson Ranger II Transmitter, holepunched but otherwise excellent:
$24
National NC-183 (not for the "D"), very good original: $24
Hallicrafters S-40B Manual, good: $18
RCA AR-77 and AR-77E, holepunched but otherwise excellent: $27
RCA ACT-150, 1937 150 watt Phone/CW Transmitter original, excellent:
$39
Hammarlund HQ-129X original, looks brand new: $19
Collins 75A4 clean photocopy: $16
International Crystal KB-1 (early tube CB radio kit), extras: $9
Vocaline Commaire ED-27 (early tube CB radio) w/service notes: $16
Citizens Broadcaster CB-100 schematic/one page instructions: $4
Project Radios
Gonset Super-6 BC/HF AM mobile receiver, all 3 units, cables, missing
some
knobs and screws, untested but looks electrically good, no mods: $39
PARTS
Box of SX-24 Parts including dial (yellowed), faceplates, knobs,
S-meter
(face yellowed), IF cans, band coil subassemblies. $23
Stancor ST-203A "Mobile Radiophone," missing pot and tubes, modified,
for
parts: $15
Post reply or call me at 412-234-8819 (days) or 412-344-0956 (7PM-10PM
EST).
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X SLMR 2.1a X
* Origin: Via RHO! * 708.238.1901. fname.lname@radiohobby.chigate.com
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1993 11:17:34
From: ddsw1!Chigate!Uucp@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Hallicrafters, Sargent
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Oldies For the Afficionado
Hallicrafters S-36 with R-42 speaker, VHF, used extensively
for VHF development and "spy" work during WWII, excellent:
$179
National SW-3 with a lot of coils, manual, speaker, power
supply,
coil box, really a fine collector's item, excellent+: $695
E. M. Sargent WAC-44 GC receiver, made in 1940. In wonderful
working condition and excellent cosmetic condition. But 5 of
the knobs are not original. No mods. So how rare is it? Well,
let's put it this way: Have you ever seen one advertised for
sale before anywhere? At any price? This radio would be a
highlight in any pre-war collection: $695
Hallicrafters SX-28A, 1941-vintage classic GC receiver, in very
good
working condition with matching speaker and original manual:
$349
Johnson Ranger I, 1954 160-10 meter TX, original dark paint
colors,
works perfectly, front panel is excellent but the case has
many
chips and scratches. No manual. $169
Johnson Viking phone patch, small and simple: $19
Eico 770K CB radio, tube-type, looks identical to Eico 720 ham
transmitter. Complete and looks good, untested. $39
National SW-54, cute low-end SWL radio from the 50's. Excellent
cosmetic condition. Untested. $91
National NC-188. Really uncommon and ugly, poor-performing
radio
made by National in the 60s. Hard to find as few were sold
(no
wonder!). The design has a long horizontal dial splt into
tuning
on the left and ham bandspread on the right (like the
Hallicrafters
SX-71). This one works but is made even uglier by a fair case
and
one surface rust spot on the front panel. $91
Radio Direction Finders
Heathkit Marine, this is a small, squarish, two-tone paint,
miniature-tube
design with the flat ferrite-core rotatable antenna on top, with
N-E-S-W
markings shown on a large dial. It is nice enough, though it needs
some
cleanup and has one unoriginal knob. It works. Listed in the 1963
Heath
catalog. $85
RCA AR-8711 "Radio Direction Finder." Designed for marine use, this is
(I
am guessing by the miniature tubes and TUNING EYE!) a mid-50s radio
that
covers 150 khz - 5.5 mhz. The front panel is a neat deco layout with
the old
RCA logo mounted in the center of the speaker. It has a 20" diameter,
1/2"
thick metal loop mounted on a N-E-S-W calibrated swivel on top. This
comes out
to an PL-259 plug. Just add an extension and you have a really great
160 meter
antenna to go with your conversation piece. The radio itself is
untested but
looks brand new inside--quality construction throughout. Requires an
external
power supply which I do not have. Knobs are not original.
Battleship-grey
case is scratched but the front panel is very good. $105
Old Audio
Gates 7X "Remote Control Amplifier," rackmount, mono w/mic
input. Top-of-the-line, excellent: $61
Altec Lansing 438A Compressor Amplifier, rack mount, nice: $39
GE UPX-003B "Phono-Mic Preamplifier," untested: $7
Esprey AM/FM Tuner chassis only, untested, as-is: $13
RCA 9-JY 45rpm turntable: $26
For Antique Modulators Only
Collins 212B-2 "Broadcast Speech Input Console," 1955, 7
inputs with cue and program for 2 studios and the console.
3 components include rack mount power supply, rack mount
relay
deck and the console itself. Quoth the manual: "The Collins
Type
212B-2 equipment is designed primarily for the smaller
station
where operational facilities are not so complex." In very
good
unmodified condition, some wear marks at lever switches.
Impressive
piece of gear. Console shipping weight is 110 pounds. $749
Quality Boatanchors
National NC-300, 1960-vintage ham band receiver with XCU-300
calibrator, very good cosmetic and working condition: $129
Hammarlund HQ-129X GC receiver. This is the nicest one of
these
I have ever seen. If you've looked for a 129X, you know
that
they develop bad wear marks around the knobs, ruining the
looks
of the front panel. This one HAS NONE OF THAT. This radio
is
near-mint inside and out. With crystal calibrator and
manual
photocopy. $129
RME 4350. As shown in the Moore book. Nice condition,
complete,
untested. $105
Hallicrafters HT-37 transmitter, 1963, in positively
wonderful
condition, paint sparkles, front panel is showroom-grade,
with original manual and dow-key relay: $139
Hallicrafters HT32A transmitter, 80-10 meters, very, very
nice.
With Manual (cover missing) and dow-key relay: $139
Hallicrafters SX101A receiver, works great, black paint has
some
scratches that could probably be buffed off, silver paint
has
been repainted grey (it looks nice, but it's the wrong
color).
With manual (manual covers in bad shape): $159
S38 Parade
Hallicrafters S-38C, 1948 vintage low-end GC receiver.
Cosmetically
very good. The grey case has a few scratches and one chipped
knob
but it looks good overall. The back is missing. It works but
the
controls are scratchy and I suspect the electrolytics are
going. $29
Hallicrafters S-38E, 1950s vintage low-end GC receiver, last
of the
38s with re-designed front panel. Cabinet is very good
including the
back. The dial works and is clean. Electrically similar to
the above,
scratchy controls and re-cap work probably desirable. $39
Good Used Ham Gear
Swan Station: This is an older tube-type station with nice
styling
in very good working condition. Package price: $199.
Includes:
1. Swan 117X power supply. Powers the 500.
2. Swan 500 transciever 80-10 meters, 240 watts out SSB, 180
watts
out CW, 50 watts out AM. With Manual.
3. Swan Accesories: Spare tubes, VX-1 VOX adapter, and
Turner hand
mic.
Drake R4 receiver, 160-10 meter ham bands, no WARC bands,
works
fine, front panel is near-mint, case top has 3 scratches.
No
manual. $139.
Heathkit Maurauder transmitter, 80-10 meters, 90 watts out,
classic two-tone green, massive AM/CW/SSB/FSK rig. Built-in
power supply. Super nice looking and working. $101
Millen Absorption Wavemeter. 1950-vintage pre-grid-dip
technology.
4 tuning coils with direct-reading dials in original wooden
case. Fine condition. $38
Heath HS-24 external speaker, designed to match HR-10B
receiver and
Heath's green mobile gear. Mint and rare. $18
Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Call Don at 412-234-8819
(days)
or 412-344-0956 (7PM-10PM EST).
___
X SLMR 2.1a X
* Origin: Via RHO! * 708.238.1901. fname.lname@radiohobby.chigate.com
(1:115/747)
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 19:39:26 GMT
From: olivea!spool.mu.edu!agate!msuinfo!uchinews!cdsmail!mac_arhbld3n2_140.subnet66.cdc.com!user@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: HTX-202/PK-232 Cable?
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Does anyone know how to construct the interface cable for an HTX-202 and
PK-232 TNC? Any help would be appreciated. Tnx.
--
Vern Suter phone: (612) 482-4810
Control Data System, Inc. email: Vern.L.Suter@cdc.com
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