[Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-150

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 5/13/05, Troglodite at aol.com <Troglodite at aol.com> wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 5/13/05 11:39:31 AM Central Daylight Time,
> ka1kaq at gmail.com writes:
>  
> > I kept the newer one as a kitchen radio, with the matching speaker up
> > high on a wall. Great for listening while cooking. 
>   
> Well of course this begs the question, what is the best radio for cooking?
<snip>
> An SX-28 is so handy in the
> kitchen, you can keep food warm on the top, or even use it as a slow cooker
> by wrapping your meal in aluminum foil and balancing it on top of the 5Z4
> and 6V6's! (Beef stew takes about 5 hours this way.)  What more could you
> want? 

I dunno about you, Doug....sure, I've cooked stuff on the exhaust
manifold before in the field, a metal container or a little bit of
foil and away you go, but I'm not sure about a radio!

My SX-28A sits out in the front foyer on a marble shelf (old dresser
top on homemade 2x4 wall brackets) with a big EV speaker enclosure
housing an old 50s Jensen coaxial speaker. The combo can almost be
heard around the entire house and sounds as good as the SX-62B (almost
the same radio, so it should) and better than the -150 did.
Unfortunately those steering wheel knobs stick out too far and it's a
pretty deep radio already, so it won't fit where I need it to fit.
HQ-150 is wider than deep, so it was fine, SX-115 fits now, but
barely, and it lacks 160. Plus it's ham bands only. It's only a
temporary fix anyway.

One little (in comparison) receiver that sounds ten feet tall is the
Zenith Transoceanic. H-500 I think, incredible sound from that little
box. I bet it'd be perfect for the kitchen.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ