[Boatanchors] Stability

[Grant Youngman]

> After reading the mail on all the good inputs on what you guys feel is
> the best boatanchor receiver, I get the impression that Hallicrafters
> (and maybe some Hammarlund ) rigs are less stable than others.
> 
> I have had three Hallicrafters rigs.  S-85, s-40b, and SR-150.  The
> only one that I thought was a little drifty was the SR-150.  

The S-85, S-40B, SX-96, SX-100 and virtually all of the  
main/bandspread radios of the same ilk are just plain drifty.  It's the 
nature of the beast.  The HQ-180, HQ-145, HQ-whatever, GPR-xx, you 
name it,  suffer from the same issues.  Some are better than others, but 
they're all bad .. on a relative basis.

You simply can't compare these receivers with radios that have crystal 
controlled first conversion, with a low frequency PTO or CTO that is 
designed for much better stability.  It isn't a valid comparison.

Which isn't to say that "two dial" radios are bad news.  They simply are 
what they are.  Many (if not most) of them are wonderful, even with the 
drift :-)

Grant/NQ5T