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Hallicrafters Model S120A
7/30/2013 11:28:42 AMJohn
I need a diagram for this Hallicrafters S120A. It is a transistor set from about 1964. Anyone know where I can get the diagram? Thanks
7/30/2013 1:26:01 PMJules
:I need a diagram for this Hallicrafters S120A. It is a transistor set from about 1964. Anyone know where I can get the diagram? Thanks
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Hi John;
I send you this link:http://www.geojohn.org/Radios/MyRadios/S120/S120.html
Have a nice day
Jules
7/30/2013 2:05:45 PMCV
Jules, the S-120A is an altogether different set from the S-120. The 120 is a tube set made in both the USA and Japan; the 120A is a transistor set made only in Japan. Who knows why Hallicrafters chose to keep the basic model number the same between these two profoundly different-technology sets: it causes a lot of confusion half a century later.

Maybe someone can turn up a schematic for the 120A; but I don't hold out much hope. One characteristic of early Japanese-subcontracted consumer electronics is that documentation for it is exceedingly hard to find. There are probably exceptions to this, but I have yet to encounter them.

7/30/2013 4:33:36 PMJules
:Jules, the S-120A is an altogether different set from the S-120. The 120 is a tube set made in both the USA and Japan; the 120A is a transistor set made only in Japan. Who knows why Hallicrafters chose to keep the basic model number the same between these two profoundly different-technology sets: it causes a lot of confusion half a century later.
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:Maybe someone can turn up a schematic for the 120A; but I don't hold out much hope. One characteristic of early Japanese-subcontracted consumer electronics is that documentation for it is exceedingly hard to find. There are probably exceptions to this, but I have yet to encounter them.
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Sorry;

Try this other link: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/109240794?access_key=key-1duvnah0fbewmn09615o&allow_share=true

Jules

7/31/2013 1:12:10 AMCV
Wow, good find!
7/31/2013 4:17:23 PMJohn
::Jules, the S-120A is an altogether different set from the S-120. The 120 is a tube set made in both the USA and Japan; the 120A is a transistor set made only in Japan. Who knows why Hallicrafters chose to keep the basic model number the same between these two profoundly different-technology sets: it causes a lot of confusion half a century later.
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::Maybe someone can turn up a schematic for the 120A; but I don't hold out much hope. One characteristic of early Japanese-subcontracted consumer electronics is that documentation for it is exceedingly hard to find. There are probably exceptions to this, but I have yet to encounter them.
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:Sorry;
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:Try this other link: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/109240794?access_key=key-1duvnah0fbewmn09615o&allow_share=true
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Thanks Jules. This should really help. John
8/2/2013 12:09:38 AM*** Edd ***










Sir John . . .


Looks like your referenced and supplied Scrib-d will suffice for you in all aspects except possibly the AHHHH-TROSH-US schematic page with its whitened out gamma shifting.


Herewith, I am submitting, my magged up version, with it also having been unitized into one page, that you can now reference to.

I RED block marked up all of its problematic electrolytic caps also.




73's de Edd



A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.






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HALLICRAFTERS S-120A Solid State Communications Schematic:










:::Jules, the S-120A is an altogether different set from the S-120. The 120 is a tube set made in both the USA and Japan; the 120A is a transistor set made only in Japan. Who knows why Hallicrafters chose to keep the basic model number the same between these two profoundly different-technology sets: it causes a lot of confusion half a century later.
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:::Maybe someone can turn up a schematic for the 120A; but I don't hold out much hope. One characteristic of early Japanese-subcontracted consumer electronics is that documentation for it is exceedingly hard to find. There are probably exceptions to this, but I have yet to encounter them.
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::Try this other link: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/109240794?access_key=key-1duvnah0fbewmn09615o&allow_share=true
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::::Jules, the S-120A is an altogether different set from the S-120. The 120 is a tube set made in both the USA and Japan; the 120A is a transistor set made only in Japan. Who knows why Hallicrafters chose to keep the basic model number the same between these two profoundly different-technology sets: it causes a lot of confusion half a century later.
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::::Maybe someone can turn up a schematic for the 120A; but I don't hold out much hope. One characteristic of early Japanese-subcontracted consumer electronics is that documentation for it is exceedingly hard to find. There are probably exceptions to this, but I have yet to encounter them.
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Thanks Edd, very readable now.
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