My Hallicrafters S-118 Communications Reciever
The above picture is of a Hallicrafters S-118 Communications Reciever.
This is a page on my Hallicrafters S-118 Communication Reciever I own. Here are the statistics:
Hallicrafters Model S-118 Five Band Receiver
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The S-118 receiver was a fair entry level radio. It was very similar to the S-120 model, it had 5 tubes and silicon rectifier.
Band Coverage
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185 kc to 31 mc
1............... 185 kc to 420 kc
2............... 495 kc to 1.620 mc
3............... 1.6 mc to 4.950 mc
4............... 4.85 mc to 15.0 mc
5............... 14.8 mc to 31.0 mc
Band spread on Amateur bands
Tube Line-up
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V1A/B...........6BL8........MIXER / OSC .
V2.................12BA6......1st I.F. AMP.
V3A/B.......... 6BL8........2nd I.F. AMP / b.f.o.
V4.................6T8A.........1st audio,det, a.v.c., a.n.l
V5.................6AQ5A.....audio output.
CR1 / 2 ....... 1N3194.... voltage rectifier
I.F. Freq...............455 kc
Front Panel Controls (right to left)
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Main tuning Dial
Band Spread dial
A.N.L. slide switch
Volume Control
B.F.O. slide switch
Band Selector knob
Receiver / Standby slide switch
Sensitivity control
Headphone input
Logging Scale
(NO S-METER)
Antenna inputs ....52 ohms loop stick, Band 1,2 , and 600 ohms on bands 3,4,5. rear terminals
Built-in 4 " speaker 3.2 ohms
Power consumption.. 33 watts @ 115 vac 50 to 60 cycles
Gray steel cabinet with silver trim.
Dimensions............ 6 3/8 " h, 14 1/2 " w, 9 7/8 " d.
Weight.................... 15 lbs.
Year Produced.................1962
My S-118 Story:
I obtained my Hallicrafters S-118 Communications Reciever about 5 years ago as a donation of sorts from a relative of mine who is into amateur radio. It was my first shortwave radio. The first shortwave broadcast I recieved on it was a religious station in Georgia (not really long distance, but it's a start). Since then, having employed a small AM Loop antenna (meant for use with a modern stereo reciever), I have pulled in English-language broadcasts from as far away as Czechoslovakia (although I may have heard broadcasts from unknown places in the past). My S-118 is in excellent condition (it still has all the original Hallicrafters vacuum tubes, as well as the original Hallicrafters AC line cord), and works beautifully. I think it is a teriffic reciever.
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