[Boatanchors] Receiver WTB

[Mike Sanders K0AZ]

A less pricey mate for the 90A could be an HQ110/A. I have had several in
the past
and found them to be good receivers. I never really had much in the way of
drift problems
with them but have heard others describe them as drifty. They are dual
conversion and
when you put that 90A with an outboard modulator on 10 AM the HQ110 can make
a
difference. I have an HQ150 late model that will stay with me for the
duration but it
is a single conversion receiver and has some drawbacks on the higher freqs.
Stability and
dial reset ability are very surprising on that receiver. All ceramic caps so
no really bad caps
to worry about. It and the 140 series of receivers are reasonable in pricing
in my opinion.
The Chief 90A and HQ110 would look right together for the period too. About
same vintage.

73

K0AZ  Mike Sanders
18169 Highway 174
MT Vernon, Missouri 65712-9171
k0az at k0az.com <mailto:k0az at k0az.com>



-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Glen Zook
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:09 AM
To: WØQFC; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Receiver WTB


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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