[ARC5] Off Topic, Hallicrafters SX-38

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 6 Jul 2012 at 1:57, Bill Fuqua wrote:

>    The real prize in the S38 line is the first one. It actually had a
> BFO tube.

True, but it was STILL horribly mechanically unstable, and had dismal 
selectivity and dial accuracy, and it was deaf above about 10 MHz.

>     I can't see any reason why someone would think a Regenerative
> detector would be superior to a Superheterodyne. Both were invented
> by Edwin Armstong.

I think it depends on WHICH regen vs WHICH super, Bill.

A properly built single-tube regen would be far better than the S-38. I speak 
from experience. I used an S-41G which was the predecessor to the first S-
38: the circuits are almost identical. A properly built single-tube regen beat 
the socks off it. I was amazed at the time.

On the other hand, the ARC-5s I used beat the socks off my single-tube 
regen, too.

Ken W7EKB