[AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

Tue Dec 20 18:33:43 EST 2011

Consider the old BOATANCHORS with STRING dials were not expected to have the 
accuracy of today's digital world. In the case of crystal control no two 
people were ever on the same exact frequency. Sometimes when operating CW 
all it took was tweaking the BFO knob. During AM operation using 1950 
vintage VFOs most were close enough to work without tuning.

The Collins rigs had communication audio. Not HI-FI. If you want the best 
audio try a Hallicrafters. At the expense of both selectivity and 
sensitivity.

If you want to listen to "OLD BUZZARD" AM a Hallicrafters is my choice.

I have a NC-109 and a SX-110. I can use the NC-109 for 40M CW just fine. I 
only use the SX-110 to listen to baseball games!

 I have a desire to get a Collins 75S- something before I die. But the price 
has just been too high so far. I have other priority for my money. I wish I 
could get Santa to bring me one.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

I never had one, there are a few receivers I never had or tried.
They look good, and are simple enough to work well maybe.

I think they had a 455 KHz IF which opens up the ability to fit a good
filter in the radio.

Most of the vintage receivers had three major problems in my book, poor
selectivity, poor frequency resolution, and distortion and/or high
background noise.

Some vintage receivers sounded very good, but who know what frequency they
were on and forget about using them under battle conditions.
Others were very accurate (Collins) and loaded with distortion and very poor
fidelity, others were just way too narrow (Drake).

RME receivers seem sort of rare....

Brett
N2DTS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Wright" <dwright12 at neb.rr.com>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

Yeah...an RME 4350. I have a Ranger and a 4350 that need checked out and
then I'll put 'em on!

73 de Dan -- WAØJRD ..

> Well, I never kept any equipment around long that looked ugly, so I can
> relate a bit to wanting something to match.
> I have no idea what would match a ranger well and still make a good
> receiver.
> I never liked most ham receivers for very long, the r390a lasted the
> longest, up till the homebrew receivers were done, then it went out the
> door.
>
> Maybe an old RME receiver would be a good match, they were on the small
> side, no?
>
> Brett
> N2DTS
>
>

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