[rescue] radio

[Roger Walkup]

dave at cca.org wrote:

> 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. :-)
>
> ------ David Fischer ------- dave at cca.org ------- http://www.cca.org ------
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CW = Continuous Wave.  Once the transmitter is keyed, it transmits
unmodulated RF.  It's used for exactly what you're hearing - Morse code.

Roger