Greetings,

My Hallicrafter SX-99 Band Spread broke and I am going to attempt to re-string on my own.

Three questions -

1. How do i remove the "antenna trimmer", "crystal phasing", and "res-standby" knobs on the SX-99 to remove the front panel? I have a torx screwdriver for the other knobs.

2. Any tips, diagrams, drawings, or string suggestions for re-stringing a Hallicrafter SX-99?

3. In "Section 4 / 4-5 Dial Cord Restringing" of the manual it says "tuning and band spread gangs fully meshed". What does "fully meshed" exactly mean?

I have the owners manual for Hallicrafters SX-99 receiver from ftp://bama.sbc.edu/downloads/hallicra/sx99/. Sadly, it does not say how to do these things.

I read on another post that Radio Shack selld dial string. True?

Thanks so much in advance!

Fully meshed means the plates are "inside" of one another.

Don't know about the removal question. Perhaps somebody else can help.

BTW: Here's a place where folks can download a free copy of the SX-99 manual including dial stringing info:

http://www.rigpix.com/hallicrafter/sx99.htm

There are many other downlaodable docs on the main site:

http://www.rigpix.com/index.shtml

I am the poster of this original message.

I posted on a few websites and got some instruction.

I am all good now. Barring any unforseen problems.