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<DIV>You have a couple of options. SX-28's are still so abundant that it
would be far more efficient to just obtain an SX-28 in better
condition and save yourself a ton of work. On the other hand there are
experienced restorers who would view that one as a challenge to test their
level of skill. They call these "hero restorations." </DIV>
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<DIV>Regards, Greg</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/18/2011 5:08:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wd4scz@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A friend of mine has carried in a SX-28, serial
number H125730 and left it on my counter. This would indicate the radio as
being built sometime between 29 Oct 1940 (s/n H-119051) and 19
Mar 1941 (s/n H-127986.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As he remembered it, the radio was working great,
half a century ago when he last saw it. His father had just retired and moved
to a farm, built a grass strip and set the Hallicrafters up in the back of the
hangar.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Now it is forlorn. Rusted, all the rubber feet
bubbled, cord stiff, but the band spread turns as nicely as the day it
left Chicago. Dead spiders, mud daubers and wasps nest clutter the interior.
The cone on the speaker is intact, but the windings look like mice have found
the insulation palatable. All the sheet metal is intact. No holes, no dents,
no bends. All the iron and tubes are present.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is way over my head as a restoration
project. It's seemingly all there under the dirt and dust. What to
do besides quietly mutter, "Damn?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Emil</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>WD4SCZ</FONT></DIV>
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