[AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

[Kim Elmore]

I grew up with both of those receivers and can tell you that there's 
a world of difference between the them. Of the two, I kept the '170 
from my parent's estate and let the '110 go. Unfortunately, I let a 
lot of other things go that I now regret, but my funds were limited 
(the estate was contested and I had to purchase the items against my 
share). The '170 is much more stable, tunes more smoothly and has 
much better selectivity. The '110 is a good general coverage unit, 
but simply cannot compare to the '170 for ham band use.

73,

Kim N5OP

At 02:20 PM 12/1/2011, you wrote:
>Thanks for your input, Nick.  How much better would an HQ 170 be 
>over my HQ 110A,  Just wondering.
>I am certainly getting a lot of good ideas.
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>Terry
>K0IEO
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>Terry R. Armstrong
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net>
>To: amradio <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 9:28 am
>Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver
>
>
>Since just about all possibilities have been covered, I'll add to the
>pile ;-)
>
>The Hammarlund HQ-170 and National NC-300 are two of the better
>ham-bands-only (including 160) receivers that are often seen unsold at
>hamfests a very reasonable prices.     The much-coveted Hammarlund SSB
>converters (HC-10 and SPC-10) are basically the final mixer, low IF,
>detector, AGC, and audio system from an HQ-170 receiver yet you can
>typically buy a complete working HQ-170 for half the price or less.
>
>While the later NC-303 was optimized for SSB, the NC-300 has a product
>detector also and will do a good job on the other modes.
>
>73 Bob W9RAN
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