[Boatanchors] Stability

Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:54:39 -0600

Best Receiver (boatanchor) Hammarlund BC-779 AKA SP210LX.  Now lets get on
another topic. Charles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Stability


>
> > 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
>
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