[Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-170A vs. National NC-300

[Carl]

Yeah, and I didnt want to have to marry a HQ-170 to my R-390A or 51J4 
either; that would be like mating a Yugo to a Ferrari.

HC-10's can still be found for $75-100 and even the CE Slicer does a very 
nice job on boatanchors.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Revcom" <revcom at wbsnet.org>
To: "rrkrr" <rrkrr at comcast.net>; "W8KZW" <w8kzw at arrl.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-170A vs. National NC-300


> Yea, but you don't have as many knobs and the cool pile of gray as with
> an HC-10 and HQ-145A tied together!
>
> Rod
> K0EQH
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rrkrr" <rrkrr at comcast.net>
> To: "W8KZW" <w8kzw at arrl.net>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hammarlund HQ-170A vs. National NC-300
>
>
>> I've owned an HQ-170AC-VHF for over 30 years, and I've always been happy
>> with it.  It was designed as a CW/SSB receiver, with the audio passband
>> tapered for minimum bandwidth required for communication purposes, so
>> it's not likely to please the hi-fi AM aficionados.  The audio passband
>> is actually designed to change with the audio gain setting - as detailed
>> in the manual.  If aligned correctly the receiver is stable and
>> selective.  The VHF preamp uses low noise nuvistor triodes, and works
>> quite well on 2m - you can listen to FM repeaters satisfactorily using
>> "slope" detection with the AM detector.
>>
>> The IF circuitry in the HQ-170 and HQ-180 is essentially identical to
>> the HC10 IF converter that sells so dearly on the auction sites.  I've
>> always been amazed that you can generally get an entire HQ-170 receiver
>> a lot cheaper than an HC-10.
>>
>> I have had problems with the heterodyne oscillator drifting for a long
>> time after turn-on on 40 meters, but recently fixed this by replacing a
>> capacitor in the resonator.
>>
>> W8KZW wrote:
>> > I have the Hammarlund and an opportunity to acquire the National.  Will
> be
>> > used with my Ranger, primarily for AM.
>> >
>> > Which is the preferred radio and why?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > jeff
>> > W8KZW
>> >
>> >
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