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  • Knobs for Hallicrafers s-40B

    From Tim Freeze@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 6 13:44:20 2022
    Hi,
    I recently bought an s-40b, got it working, and it has 3 knobs missing.
    I need a band spread, sensitivity, and pitch knob.

    If you have some you can part with, (no pun indented) that would be great.

    I presently have an SX-100 and HT 37 in the shack, repaired, and well maintained.

    Thanks.

    Tim
    KO4ELL

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  • From OldbieOne@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 9 14:33:24 2022
    "Tim Freeze" <s35pilot@gmail.com> wrote in message news:292b8533-b98f-49b3-86a0-ea516aed6d3an@googlegroups.com...
    Hi,
    I recently bought an s-40b, got it working, and it has 3 knobs missing.
    I need a band spread, sensitivity, and pitch knob.

    If you have some you can part with, (no pun indented) that would be great.

    I presently have an SX-100 and HT 37 in the shack, repaired, and well
    maintained.

    Thanks.

    Tim
    KO4ELL

    Hi Tim,

    Let me poke around the shack here. I think I have a bandspread knob and
    maybe a couple of others around here somewhere


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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to s35pilot@gmail.com on Thu Aug 18 13:57:49 2022
    Tim Freeze <s35pilot@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi,
    I recently bought an s-40b, got it working, and it has 3 knobs missing.
    I need a band spread, sensitivity, and pitch knob.

    If you have some you can part with, (no pun indented) that would be great.

    I presently have an SX-100 and HT 37 in the shack, repaired, and well maintained.

    I saw some vendor at a hamfest a few years ago selling reproduction knobs
    so somebody out there at least has molds for the things. tubesandmore.com doesn't have them, though.
    --scott

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  • From Bill Gunshannon@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Thu Aug 18 10:41:16 2022
    On 8/18/22 09:57, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Tim Freeze <s35pilot@gmail.com> wrote:
    Hi,
    I recently bought an s-40b, got it working, and it has 3 knobs missing.
    I need a band spread, sensitivity, and pitch knob.

    If you have some you can part with, (no pun indented) that would be great. >>
    I presently have an SX-100 and HT 37 in the shack, repaired, and well maintained.

    I saw some vendor at a hamfest a few years ago selling reproduction knobs
    so somebody out there at least has molds for the things. tubesandmore.com doesn't have them, though.

    As long as we're talking about restoring old radios....

    I could use a few knobs for a Knight Kit Star Roamer. Bet they're even
    rarer than Hallicrafter knobs.

    But, the rarest part I seem to always be searching for are
    multi-section electrolytics. Where do people here usual
    look for these? I have 5 or 6 antique radios on the bench
    right now all in need of replacements.

    One of them, a Zenith from my childhood days of listening to
    things like The Shadow :-) is in need of them and has special
    meaning to me. Not only did I grow up with this radio but it
    was the first repair job I did when I was about 14. And,
    believe it or not, it was the multi-section electrolytic that
    needed replacement (obvious short across the 5U4 with red
    glowing plates and amazing generated heat!) Here we are 60
    years later having to do it again. Back in those days I merely
    rode my bike into the city and bought replacement parts at
    Shelblourne Electronics. Places like that no longer exist.

    bill

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to bill.gunshannon@gmail.com on Thu Aug 18 18:16:51 2022
    Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:

    I could use a few knobs for a Knight Kit Star Roamer. Bet they're even
    rarer than Hallicrafter knobs.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/114931298544

    These are pretty cheaply-made knobs, and I think most of the Knight kits
    used the same knobs, so there are probably a lot of them out there.

    But, the rarest part I seem to always be searching for are
    multi-section electrolytics. Where do people here usual
    look for these? I have 5 or 6 antique radios on the bench
    right now all in need of replacements.

    Basically, you buy new ones from CE Manufacturing (through tubesandmore.com) which owns the old Mallory plant, or you scoop the insides out of the old
    ones and solder modern radial caps in... or else you just hide modern radial caps under the chassis.

    If NOS ones aren't bad, they are likely to be on the way.
    --scott

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