[ARC5] Radios and the Canal

[Bill Cromwell]

On 05/13/2013 06:03 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
> My NC-33 replaced my Walter Ashe 6SN7GT
> regen receiver. An S-20R followed the NC-33.
> Next came an S-40. Then a Harvey-Wells R9.
>   
> When I received my USAF commission and went
> to Navigator School at Harlingen AFB, TX my
> newfound "wealth" of $455 a month was enough
> to afford my first ever NEW commercial gear,
> an HQ-145X. I added a product detector and
> SSB/CW AGC (circuits stolen from my National
> NCX transceivers) in 1963 and used it until
> 1967 when I sold it because I had the NCX-5
> and NCX-3.
>   
> That modified HQ-145X was perfectly stable
> enough for SSB work, even as high as 10m.
>    
> * * * * * * * * * * *
> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> * k2gkk at hotmail.com *
> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> * USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
> * * * * * * * * * * *
>

Hi,

I had a 145X and wish I still had it. Mine was unmodified but it got 
used for serious work. I had too many radios and took a bunch of then to 
a hamfest, stopped selling when I got doen to a couple of radios. The 
Hammarlund didn't come back home, nor did the Ten Tec. I am still using 
the Kenwood Twins. I am still biased in favor of Hammarlunds for tube 
receivers.

73,

Bill  KU8H