[Boatanchors] Hammerlund Recievers?

[jeremy-ca]

Having worked for National I can say that the NC-109 and NC-98 are rather 
poor performers compared to a HQ-129X and 140X of the same general era.

I use a 129X regularly on AM & CW and with a little bit of work it does a 
fine job. The 3 IF stages and an effective xtal filter are a plus. A BC-453 
Q5er completes the package for serious CW work. I also have a pair of 140X's 
and a 120X.

The NC-183 is a solid performer thru 20M and the 2 preselector stages do a 
decent job on images; the NC-183D eliminates the image problem and is very 
good thru 10M due to the miniature tube front end. The NC-173 is a scaled 
down version but still a world above the NC-98.

Somewhat sleepers are the NC-200 and NC-240C & D, both nice examples of 
Nationals golden years. With the catacomb coil rack they dont suffer from 
bandswitch stability and attenuation on the higher frequencies.

I have all of the suggested Nationals mentioned in my collection.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: "Boatanchors list" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:50 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Hammerlund Recievers?


How about some comment about Hammerlund receivers. We had our BIG hamfest in 
about 3 weeks and I am looking for new (to me) GC receiver. My first choice 
is a NC-109 or a NC-98. But those seem to be rare except on eBay. If I see a 
NC-183 I may take it.

But there are always lots of Hammerlund receivers. I may consider one of 
them.

It's not for SSB use. Just CW/AM.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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