Hallicrafters S-16, SX-16 “Super Skyrider”

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Hallicrafters S-16, SX-16 “Super Skyrider”

Description

General Coverage Receiver

Category

Receiver, General Coverage

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Hallicrafters

Date made

1937 - 1939

Other Name

"Super Skyrider"

Valuations

Value

$99.00

Notes

SX-16: 111.00

General Notes

Note

QST, May 1937, p. 2. QST, Jun 1937, back cover (note from Bill Halligan re SX-16) Lafayette catalog number 69, p. 99. Referred to in initial advertising as "the 1938 Super Skyrider." Superheterodyne. First unit to incorporate both flywheel tuning and an S-meter. "SX" version has a crystal filter. Requires external speaker. Coverage: 540 kHz to 62 MHz BFO Bandspread Flywheel dive for tuning and bandspread IF selectivity S-meter Power: 120 VAC Tubes: (1) 5Z3, (2) 6V6, (2) 6J7, (1) 6R7, (1) 6J5, (3) 6K7, (1) 6L7 References Review. Radio News, Nov 1937, p. 280. Review. Radio News, Dec 1937, p. 354. Brief review: Radio, Jan 1938, p. 99.