[rescue] radio

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mcguire at neurotica.com writes:

>On December 31, dave at cca.org wrote:
>> I just scored a 1940s short wave radio off the curb.
>> 
>> "Hallicrafters SX-42", if that means anything to anyone.
>> (I know nothing about radio.)
>> 
>> All the tubes are in place, and it passes the smoke test.
>> Gorgeous front panel on it. I even got the speaker it originally
>> came with.

>  Holy COW...OFF THE CURB??!  SX42s typically go for $100-500 on the
>collectors market depending on condition.  That is an *excellent*
>score.

Yeah, I had to stare at it for a while before I believed it was
actually sitting there.

It works a *little* bit. That might just be because my antenna sucks,
given that I don't know anything about radios, and I just grabbed some
wire and guessed.

I've picked up a bit of russian-sounding talk, and a lot of morse.

It does FM/AM/CW. What's CW? That's where all the morse is.

My God it's nice looking though. :-)

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