[ARC5] Hallicrafters receivers

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 25 Jul 2014 at 14:10, Geoff wrote:

> Prior to the HT-32 and 37 the VFO's were all external small boxes that had
> decent mechanical stability. This coincided with the SX-101 family and the
> SX-115/117 which offered equivalent stability.
> 
> Even so my HT-18 required some TC to work to my satisfaction with the big
> HT-9. It was also much easier to do that with a hamband only RX as compared to
> the tin foil construction of the SX-100.

Well, I have not had the "pleasure" of using an SX-101 or any following Halli 
receivers, but every other one I have ever used, EXCEPT the SX-28, would 
wobble off frequency if the operator sneezed loudly within a block of them.

I was always very disgusted by this. To my mind, there was simply no valid 
excuse for this idiocy.

I came to the conclusion that the only Halli receivers which were inherently 
mechanically stable were those which were forced to follow Signal Corp 
specifications...SX-28, R-274, etc.

Ken W7EKB