I was a shortwave freak before I was seriously into audio. Unfortunately being a kid in the 1980s I could not afford a serious rig. I listened on Japanese radio cassette recorders with several SW bands.
I then came by my first Hallicrafters in 1989, a gift from my aunt. It was a 1960s vintage S-120. After that came a plethora of models, including a S-38B, S-40B and a very nice SX-100 that I wished I had today.
But, the set that I really wanted was a 1939 S-19R Sky Buddy. I was reading the "Antique Radio" column that Marc Ellis had on Popular Electronics mag, specially the "Sky Buddy Saga" so I just had to have one!
Many years later my dream came true. I found a very early S-19R without the external battery pack connector. Did not need much restoration. It sits on my shelf and I fire her ocassionally. The rig that sits on top of the Halli, is a first generation Hitachi DA-1000 CD player.
Kind regards,
crooner
