[AMRadio] My Boat Anchor Receiver

[David Knepper]

I have offered several receivers in the past year and they still sit here.

NC-303
HQ-180A
CR-88
R-390A

Prefer pickup - call me.  No email, please.
Phone number on the homepage.

David Knepper, W3CRA/W3ST
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <k5xu at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:42 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] My Boat Anchor Receiver


> My first real receiver was an HQ110-A/VHF, which my parents gave me 
> for Christmas, new in 1968. It helped me work the world on 40 and 15 
> meters as a Novice, and paired nicely with my Viking Ranger. It also 
> gave me many hours of listening pleasure, and introduced me to a host 
> of voices such as K4KYV, W8VYZ,
> W4CJL, W4ZZZ, W6QS, and hundreds of others.
> 
> One day, I even got it to work on 6 meters, despite what turned out to 
> be a defective coil which wasn't discovered until I had it restored 
> when it turned 40 in 2008. For all those years, I just assumed it was 
> naturally deaf on 6, and used converters or other receivers on that 
> band.
> 
> As has been mentioned, the HQ110 series does not have selectable 
> sideband, or AGC in the side band/CW mode, but it will hold its own on 
> AM.
> 
> I'm glad I somehow managed to hang onto mine.
> 
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
> 
> 
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