[Boatanchors] hq-170

[Al Parker]

Hi Neil,
    Don't let all the naysayers get you down.  Some are super critical and 
the faults get blown up.  There were several that reported good experiences. 
Yours could be one of those, so enjoy your project and form your own 
opinions.
    Just remember -- YMMV.
73,
Al, W8UT
New Bern, NC
www.boatanchors.org
www.hammarlund.info

"there is nothing -absolutely nothing- half as much worth doing as simply 
messing about in boats."
   Ratty, to Mole


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil " <neil at ghostdog.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:08 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] hq-170


>
> Hi all,
>
> OK... I cried as I read the blasts against the 170. That
> because I hated to see a receiver that I had put on
> a pedestal tumble down. I didn't know of it's flaws.
>
> I was first ticketed back in the mid 60s while in
> high school in Hawaii. A ham friend, who's father taught
> at the school (and was a ham too), had an HQ-180. After
> school I'd walk up to his house and watch as he tuned around
> the
> bands with what seemed to me to be the ultimate receiver.
> Passband tuning, wow. I had an SX-110 at home, and the
> HQ-170 looked like God in comparison.
>
> Now I'm back into hamming after a long long hiatus. I picked
> up an HQ-170 on eBay a while back as a DIY project. Needs
> lots of work, but I guess I'll still take a stab at it...
> even
> after the thrashing the beast just got on this group. At
> least
> I'll better know what to expect when it's tuned and tweaked
> up.
>
> Old dreams die hard.
>
> 73, Neil   KH6EAM
>
> Neil Murphy
> www.ghostdog.com
> 650.375.0886 wrk
> 650.533.2015 mobile
>
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