Hallicrafters model s38 communications receiver 1946. Hallicrafters model s 38 communications receiver 1946 adding an s meter. Brian ripley, the s38 guy web site is a good start for working on this classic all american five. It is a minor upgrade of the s 40 and s 40a with one less tube but all the same functions. Their kit includes a 5 ua meter and a 500 ohm pot connected across the 270 ohm resistor which is on the cathode of the 12ba6 i. Sep 24, 2012 the hallicrafters s 38 restoration web sites have these details and photos. Hallicrafters s 38 manuals manuals and user guides for hallicrafters s 38. Much hallicrafters equipment is still in common use by collectors and vintage amateur radio. The hallicrafters s38c is a basic receiver, which tunes from 540 khz to 32 mhz, either am or cw morse code. Visit us online for more information or to download service manuals today. The hallicrafters s38 restoration web sites have these details and photos. Legible hallicrafters s 38e mark i service data on cd that is the photo of the service data pamphlet on cd. Original hallicrafters s38eb mark 1 schematic youtube. The radio receives standard am broadcast, foreign and domestic shortwave broadcasts, radio amateur transmissions, ships, and other stations.
There arent that many parts, there is plenty of work room and the job goes quickly. The s 38e receiver has a new, modern cabinet styling and improved circuitry. Hallicrafters s38b receiver operating and service instructions. Antenna connectionb are made to a threeterminal strip at the rear of the receiver marked al, az and. The s 40b is a single conversion general coverage receiver covering 4 bands from am broadcast to 44 mhz. Vintage hallicrafters s38e hambase stationshortwave radio tube.
Hallicrafters s 38b receiver operating and service instructions author. Changes pa e 1 farnsworth models spring is used to provide tension on the this usually develops through the rubber the parts shortage has resulted in the cord by hooking in exactly as before. Use mounting grommets or through the switch substitution of various types of tuning the cord originally on the set for this mounting river. Service manuals, schematics, eproms for electrical technicians. At some point, however, an attempt was made to isolate b from the chassis a bit, and to provide for some safety by bridging the b ground and the metal chassis with a 470k ohm resistor in parallel with a 0. I picked up a hallicrafters s85 last month at the radiofest in bollingbrook, ill. Please be this hallicrafters s on the season s yuletide spending. In this video we continue our look at a hallicrafters s38e. Vintage hallicrafters shortwave cw radio model s38c. Hallicrafters s20r handbook pdf complements of richard knoppow hallicrafters s20r receiver.
The hallicrafters s38 was a basic, but very good communications receiver introduced in 1946. Chicago, il and arlington, build 19571961, 29 pictures, 3 schematics, 5 tubes, united states of america. Trying to bring a hallicrafters s38c back to life qrz forums. May 05, 2017 i will this receiver for my vintage am hf radio station. Hallicrafters s 38b receiver operation service schematic alignment parts created date. Rtlsdr 435206 1ppm tcxo sma software defined radio. Rtlsdr blog v3 r820t2 rtl2832u 1ppm tcxo sma software defined radio.
Jan 05, 2015 so you want to fix your s 38e mark1 set with the shitty gimmick bfo but you just cant read those fuzzy, crappy schematics floating around the net. Hallicrafters s38e audio hum troubleshooting youtube. We intend to continue to conduct business as usual, unless and until it is no longer possible. The hallicrafters company manufactured, marketed, and sold radio equipment, and to a lesser. We have over brands models available for email delivery. Describe your experience with the hallicrafters s38e communications receiver and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. This last model, the s38e, has a slide rule dial and the same miniature tubes as the. A aignal received at the antenna is fed through an rf amplifier stage to a combined mixeroscillator stage where a local signal is generated ani. The s 38 radios were the successors to the hallicrafters ec1 line of radios and my particular one was made sometime around 1950.
The hallicrafters s 38d and s 38e receivers have a rectangular dial but have the same features as earlier models. One of the pages i read did said to leave the mica caps alone so that really helped a lot. The hallicrafters s38 line included the models s38, s38a, s38b, s38c, s38d, s38e, s38eb and s38em. In this page you find schematic, users and instructions manuals, service manuals, technical supplement, leaf leads and other good stuff. This was the sixth and final version of the s38 family and the also featured the sliderule type dial, larger than the design used on the previous d variant and in marked contrast to the original two halfround dial shape designed by raymond loewy. Folks, i found the hallicrafters service bulletin online for adding their s meter kit to several of their receivers, including the s 38e. Riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1559 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1560 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1561 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1562 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1563 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1564 courtesy nostalgia air. I recommend changing the plug to a polarized one and be sure to hard wire the ac neutral wire to the return bus as shown in the larger schematic. The s38 series was introduced in 1946, right after the end of world war ii, and was definitely intended to be a cheap entrylevel radio for a populace suddenly hungry for news. Hallicrafters s38b receiver operation service schematic alignment parts created date.
When i took it out of the box, something came over me like it did when dad first brought the original s 38c home. Riders volume 21 hallicrafters 211 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 212 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 2 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 214 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 215 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 216 courtesy nostalgia air. We have 1 hallicrafters s 38 manual available for free pdf download. We are closely monitoring the covid19 situation and taking steps to protect our customers and employees. For more hallicrafters, enlarge the party everyone, and wikipedias hindi cheer needs to be the avalanche will operate hindustani of all the official prices. This hallicrafters s 38e schematic is no mythical grunt.
The hallicrafters co model s40 radio receiver ham am cw vintage partsrepair. Hallicrafters s38 installation and operating instructions manual. Hallicrafters s 38e general communications receiver. Vintage hallicrafters s120 tube radio 4band shortwave. There are two versions of the s 38 without a letter suffix that is known to exist. The hallicrafters s 38c is a basic receiver, which tunes from 540 khz to 32 mhz, either am or cw morse code. View online or download hallicrafters s38 installation and operating instructions manual. This site helps you to save the earth from electronic waste. Free hallicrafters diagrams, schematics, service manuals. View online or download hallicrafters s 38 installation and operating instructions manual. Hallicrafters model s38c this is a mid1950s hallicrafters s38c 5tube communications receiver that tunes from 540 kc to 32 mc 540k hz to 32 mhz.
C 40 untll the cathode voltage of the a n 1 diode again reaches a less negative potential than its plate and capacltor c 40 acquires its normal charge by shortlng the audio voltage to ground during a noise pulse, the a n l circuit prevents the ob jectionable noise pulses from reaching the audio amplifier stages s beat frequency. Hallicrafters model s40b communications receiver 1950 this classic shortwave receiver was one of the first boatanchors i acquired. I will this receiver for my vintage am hf radio station. This is the schematic i recommend you use to rebuild your radio to. Please get rid of the couplate it will cause many problems. The original s 38 had 6 tubes, a metal bottom cover and a smooth black finish on the cabinet. There was a variant of the s38e receiver named the hallicrafters s38em receiver, which has a mahogany painted steel cabinet and gold trim. Hammarlund hq170 vintage tube ham radio receiver sn 5712 2 trending price. He had a little picture showing what he did, so i set out to duplicate his process. Folks, i found the hallicrafters service bulletin online for adding their smeter kit to several of their receivers, including the s38e. Hallicrafters s38b receiver operating and service instructions author. Riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1559 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1560 riders volume 15 hallicrafters 1561. I went to the s38 guy, brian ripleys pages and he said that he replaced seven tubular capacitors and four filter caps in his restoration. Antennas the receiver is desigled to operate from elther a singlewire antenna, or a halfwave doublet or other tuned antenna.
Hayseed hamfest manufactures brand new multisection can capacitors and recap kits for the hallicrafters s38. Resources riders volume 21 hallicrafters 211 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 212 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 2 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 214 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 215 riders volume 21 hallicrafters 216 courtesy. They still arent the best but most of the values for the. All of these sets feature electrical bandspread, bfo, an rf amp and two stages of if amplification. The s40b is a single conversion general coverage receiver covering 4 bands from am broadcast to 44 mhz. This hallicrafters s38a is the second version of the s38 family that was originally released in 1946. Hayseed hamfest manufactures brand new multisection can capacitors and recap kits for the hallicrafters s 38. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on. All of these sets feature electrical bandspread, bfo, an rf amp and two stages of if.
View and download hallicrafters s 38 installation and operating instructions manual online. This hallicrafters s38b is the third version of the s38 family that was originally released in 1946. Well there always seems to come a time in a persons life that they look back into their earlier days with their mind and see where or when a particular thing in their life, got its start. Vintage hallicrafters s38e shortwave ham radio receiver. My questiondoes anyone out there have a schematic for this set thats willing to share it via email. Vintage hallicrafters shortwave ham radio receiver tube s38e s38. These manuals are available for download and free of charge. The circuit is setup to be very sensitive and uses a very low voltage 8v to test a very high resistance. Select picture or schematic to display from thumbnails on the right and click for download. I bought it from the son of the original owner, who listened to it until about 1969, then packed it away, where it remained until i bought it in the fall of 1996.
Added schematic for the linear amp switching circuit. The s38e receiver has a new, modern cabinet styling and improved circuitry. However, you will find the schematic in the pages folder is not good enough to work from. Been scouring the internet for schematics that are somewhat readable and may have finally found some. The s 38e is a transformerless radio, and like the s 38b, presents quite dangerous shock hazards. The s 38 series was introduced in 1946, right after the end of world war ii, and was definitely intended to be a cheap entrylevel radio for a populace suddenly hungry for news. The hallicrafters s 38 line included the models s 38, s 38a, s 38b, s 38c, s 38d, s 38e, s38eb and s 38em. In its day, it was considered a very stylish radio and to get just the right look, hallicrafters hired one of the greatest artist of the art deco movement, raymond loewy.
Hayseed hamfest supplies brand new multisection can capacitors and discrete capacitor replacement kits for hallicrafters gear. This hallicrafters s 38a is the second version of the s 38 family that was originally released in 1946. If you are looking for one for the mark i, look on ebay under. Hallicrafters diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Brian ripley, the s 38 guy web site is a good start for working on this classic all american five. I have a few questions about an old shortwave radio i picked up recently. Schematic for hallicrafters s85 antique radio forums.
One of the most popular shortwave radios ever made, the charming hallicrafters s 38 introduced many thousands of people to shortwave and cw listening. Most of the schematics we have on hand are for radios from the 1920s 1930s. Manuals for hallicrafters this is the manuals page for hallicrafters. Please be this hallicrafters s on the seasons yuletide spending. It is a minor upgrade of the s40 and s40a with one less tube but all the same functions. Please be by including an western hallicrafters s to this world. The s38e is a transformerless radio, and like the s38b, presents quite dangerous shock hazards. The hallicrafters s 38e receiver was manufactured from 1956 to 1961. There are two versions of the s38 without a letter suffix that is known to exist. Hallicrafters radio schematics west florida components. Hallicrafters model s 38c this is a mid1950 s hallicrafters s 38c 5tube communications receiver that tunes from 540 kc to 32 mc 540k hz to 32 mhz. Hallicrafters s38 shortwave ham radio receiver for sale. I am now accepting new manuals for inclusion in this archive.
For more hallicrafters, enlarge the party everyone, and wikipedia s hindi cheer needs to be the avalanche will operate hindustani of all the official prices. And i did snag the schematic and parts list off a site and took a gander at that as well. Hallicrafters model s40b communications receiver 1950. This was the sixth and final version of the s 38 family and the also featured the sliderule type dial.
Adding an smeter to a hallicrafters s38e antique radio. I took that radio, after dad got it out of the box and plugged it in right then and there. The s38 radios were the successors to the hallicrafters ec1 line of radios and my particular one was made sometime around 1950. Hallicrafters radio schematics schematics for antique and vintage tube radios are available in jpg format. Before i started drawing up plans, i had a talk with a radio designer whos. Hallicrafters s 20r handbook pdf complements of richard knoppow hallicrafters s 20r receiver. C11a 5000pf, c11b 220pf, c11c 220pf and c11d is 2000 pf. So you want to fix your s38e mark1 set with the shitty gimmick bfo but you just cant read those fuzzy, crappy schematics floating around the net. View and download hallicrafters s38 installation and operating instructions manual online. Can capacitors and recap kits for hallicrafters hayseed.
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