HRO Ebay

[pwdrive]

I think somebody has spotted the round IF cans....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-HRO-HF-MILTARY-RADIO-WITH-12-COILS-AND-PSU-WORKING-/290938158044?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item43bd43fbdc

Lawrence.

[Skywave]

Lawrence - tell me, please, in your opinion, do the successful buyers of scarce vintage radios such as this buy them because they primarily want to use them in the manner & for the purpose for which they were intended or, primarily, because they see them as an investment?

Why do I ask? Just curious; no ulterior motive.

Since Lawrence started this thread, I've asked him that question, but replies from other members are cordially invited.

Al.

[boiss]

They're just nice to have, and maybe one evening every so often it's nice to have a zoom around on the waves!
Mike

[pwdrive]

Lawrence - tell me, please, in your opinion, do the successful buyers of scarce vintage radios such as this buy them because they primarily want to use them in the manner & for the purpose for which they were intended or, primarily, because they see them as an investment?

Why do I ask? Just curious; no ulterior motive.

Since Lawrence started this thread, I've asked him that question, but replies from other members are cordially invited.

Al.

Don't really know Al, but on the face of it and assuming it isn't a "bitza" that HRO is a very early one being 2v heaters with round IF cans and all and I would say is quite rare for over here in the UK.
Use/investment, that's an open question I suppose, I bought a Hallicrafters SX28 for just under a £100, spent say £20 on R's and C's replacement, I would realisticaly say that if I was to sell it I would get more than I paid for it and the replacement parts as apart from replacing the "service" components it is in a nice and original condition.
At the moment I can't use my radios because of DIY stuff but prior to that and hopefully afterwards then I will be using them all, in rotation of course.
I guess the more rare they are or the more original they are in the un got at sense then the more they seem to be worth in terms of desirability and cash.
Judging what decent HRO's go for these days then I would say I'm quids in with the ones I have and they also perform very well, so in that case it's the best of both worlds I guess.

Lawrence.

[boiss]

I have a Philips 2514 from 1928, It is still missing 3 valves because I refuse to pay 60 Euros each for old used valves. The one I have got, I paid 16 Euros for, I would like to get it working and they were worth quite a bit but as I'm not interested in selling i will wait. I have an Eddystone S640 which I turn on from time to time along with Telefunken 569. I even have a recording of the Duce's declaration of war on Britain and France to transmit and listen to on the 569 (1938)
Mike

[mendipviews]

Are round IF Cans rare ones then???

Regards
Luke

[pwdrive]

Are round IF Cans rare ones then???

Regards
Luke

I would say rare over here insofar that they don't come up for sale that often, can't remember the exact year that National changed to square IF cans, poss. 1938 ish,
That's the first one I've seen with 2v heaters. If the coil packs have the same serial number as the chassis then that usually makes the them and the receiver worth more.

Lawrence.

[pwdrive]

Well it went for £325 ish.

Not trying to promote Ebay or a particular sale but here is another you don't often see, described as the Hallicrafters Super Skyrider it looks from the pictures like it's an SX17, judging by the depth of the laminations stack on the mains transformer it might be the original but can't say for sure, the two pepper pot HT filter caps have been removed and a twin can connected under the chassis, all the rest looks original.
It still has it's original audio phase splitter driver transformer so far as I can see (sometimes these go O/C and get replaced with a universal type)

Performance wise they are very good considering their age, a Xtal filter is incorporated and is pin sharp when working properly, the BFO injection level is also variable by a front panel control, S meter is fitted as is wide and narrow IFT selection, bags of sound output from the push pull output stage, the cosmetics normally scrub up well, not sure if a cabinet comes with it or if its rack mounted.

I have one of these.

Lawrence.

[Skywave]

Hi Lawrence -
You state that you have a Hallicrafters Super Skyrider. Any chance that you could take some photos of it, please, for the Gallery? I assume that the SX17 that you do have on display in the Gallery is not that item, since you do say that the Hallicrafters Super Skyrider looks like the SX17 . . . which I read as 'not the same radio'.

Cheers,
Al.

[pwdrive]

Hi Lawrence -
You state that you have a Hallicrafters Super Skyrider. Any chance that you could take some photos of it, please, for the Gallery? I assume that the SX17 that you do have on display in the Gallery is not that item, since you do say that the Hallicrafters Super Skyrider looks like the SX17 . . . which I read as 'not the same radio'.

Cheers,
Al.

Al, the one in the gallery of mine is a Super Skyrider AKA SX17 (I think?), the SX16 if I remember looks very similar but the SX17/Superskyrider has an extra toggle switch down on the bottom row, will try and Google the difference later on and I will try to be more specific.

Lawrence.