Hallicrafters SX-110 General Communications Receiver
  • Power: 105 - 125VAC - 50/60Hz
  • Wavebands: tuneable from 538KHz to 34MHz (plus 46MHz to 55MHz) across 5 switched bands
    • 0.538 - 1.6MHz
    • 1.55 - 4.6MHz
    • 4.6 - 13.0MHz
    • 12.0 - 34.0MHz
  • Sensitivity: not known
  • Valve lineup: 8 total
    • 6SG7 (x2, RF & IFAmps)
    • 6SA7 Converter,
    • 6SK7 2nd IF Amp,
    • 6SC7 Audio Amp/BFO,
    • 6K6GT Audio Output,
    • 6H6 Detector/ANL/AVC and
    • 5Y3GT Rectifier.
  • Released 1960 - 1963
  • Original price: c.$200

Encased in a grim, gray steel cabinet, the SX-110 is the supercharged version of the S-108 and includes: S-meter, antenna trimmer and crystal filter. Its bandspread is calibrated to cover only 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metre ham bands but this does give it good dial accuracy.

My example came to me for less than US$35 via Ebay - albeit severely smoke damaged. I was surprised that after a good clean and brush up it worked as well as it should with no component repairs. The two pics show a before and after - although the case has been scrubbed it really needs repainting.

Last updated 9th July 2006

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