[Boatanchors] Receiver WTB

[Glen Zook]

I now have an S-85 (stripped down SX-99), S-107, and
SX-100.  Have owned over the years an SX-101 Mark III
and an S-38 (plaing S-38, not "A", "B", etc.).  Have
worked on quite a number of various models of
Hallicrafters receivers including the SX-111 Mark I.

For a while, back in 1960, I ran my original Globe
Chief 90A station (including WRL 755 VFO and WRL SM-90
screen modulator) with my original S-85.

All that aside, the Hammarlund HQ-140X is generally
better than any of the Hallicrafters receivers that
you have mentioned.  I had one in the mid 1960s and
got another one several years ago.  After about a 30
minute warm up it is rock solid which none of the
Hallicrafters receivers are.  Back in 1966 I used to
tune in the Reuter's New York / Havana RTTY news link
with a W2JAV terminal unit and an old Model 15
Teletype unit.  I could come back hours later to page
after page of "perfect" copy.  The receiver had stayed
right on frequency.

As for the RME-6900, that is a very good receiver.  I
have one and it performs very nicely.  In fact, to my
"ear" it has the best sounding SSB reception of any of
the receivers that I own (see the K9STH website the
URL of which is listed at the end of this message to
see photos of some of them).  Since RME was owned by
Electro-Voice when the RME-6900 was introduced, and
since Electro-Voice was involved in making "high end"
audio equipment, I believe that this carried over into
the audio sections of the RME-6900.

Glen, K9STH


--- WØQFC <erastber at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

The RME 6900 is very nice, but a little too expensive
for me right now. The HQ-140X is the closest "match"
to my Globe Chief 90A and the price is in my range. I
have always liked Hallicrafters and that also creates
a problem with which one to choose, SX-28, SX-99,
SX-100 or the SX-111?







Glen, K9STH

Web sites

http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth
http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco


		
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