[Boatanchors] HQ-129X Info

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

A very ancient Chinese proverb, or possibly from a now extinct Badger in 
Michigan, said: He who waits for others to toot his horn must endure much 
silence! Put another way by DBF, He who tosses Gold dust in the winds of 
fortune and fate believing goods things come to those who wait - ends up 
with no cents, no sense and a bad scent from being too long in the woodlands 
of the wilderness! So gentlemen, including you too here Tom, if you "Cast 
Your Fate To The Wind", with thanks to A.G. for her moving rendition of this 
song in the late sixties, not only ends up penniless, but also without a 
window to throw the proverbial pot through! So HONK if you want to be heard 
SHOUT if you do not want to be crushed by the deadly silence of history 
about to happen and SCREAM if you do not want to be a lyrical phrase in the 
song "Shout Brother Shout!".

Go for it Tom, blow your own horn! Toot your own bag of pipes. Honk your 
nose by the application of just the right amount of pressure to that bulbous 
portion of your snoz and let the world know that you have something that 
sooner, or later, they will all need! So make the wind and blow Tom!

Duane, W8DBF

Do you know what they call the passengers in an elevator after one of them 
pollutes the air in that closed crate dangling on a worn steel cable having 
ingested a Bratwerst andLimpberger cheese sandwich on Whole 'WHAT?' bread 
for lunch? Then washed down with a Kentucky hills homebrew dark beer before 
said sandwich hardened into a vegetable cousin to concrete? Dead!

On the serious side: If you have a product for Ham Radio, or a publication 
that 'you' wrote, you can mention it on this list, or another that may be 
more applicable, without fear of violating list policy. However, said item 
must be of your own design and creation, 'not' a copy of one described in a 
publication or attempt to replicate one you saw in operation at a Ham Fest 
etc. NO corporate Ads are allowed! But if this item or printed textis from 
your creative juices as a Ham Radio Operator, then it is fine.

If in doubt, contact me direct.

Additionally, the HHI web site also allows such Ads at no cost to you. All 
decisions on what appears and what does not are made by our excellent Web 
Master W5JT, Jim Thayer. Write Jim at:

webmaster at w9wze.net

For All Of You: Please continue creating reproduction knobs, new dials with 
numbers visible without the aid of a 100X magnification lens, rebuilt 
capacitors in their original can, rewound audio and power transformers, plug 
in rectification devices that look like the original plug in rectifier metal 
tube, restored front panels, etc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom NØJMY" <n0jmy at hayseedhamfest.com>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
Cc: "Byron Tatum" <bjtatum1 at att.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] HQ-129X Info


> And in a spasm of gratuitous self-promotion, I should toss out that you 
> can purchase complete HQ-129X re-cap kits including the electrolytic can 
> from this guy:
>
> www.hayseedhamfest.com/capkits.htm
>
> 73,
> Tom NØJMY.  .
>
> www.hayseedhamfest.com
> Multi-section Can Capacitors
> for Heathkit, Drake, Halli, Hammy, more...
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>> Hello Byron,
>>
>> Let me suggest to you that you utilize the excellent search functions 
>> found on the HHI (Halligan's Hallicrafters International) web site to 
>> procure information on the 129x.
>>
>> www.w9wze.net
>>
>>>From the home page, locate the "search archives' link and give it a drop
>> click.
>>
>> Remember Byron; you can search by the model, in this case the 129x, or by 
>> any function or title that might be unique to it.
>>
>> There have been several lengthy threads on the Hammarlund 129x receiver 
>> over the past several years. The last I knew, prior to the change of 
>> ownership, the list archives went back at least sixty months, or five 
>> years. In some cases, the lists went back even farther. Suffice it to 
>> say, that there is a "lot" of valuable information in the Heathkit 
>> archives waiting for you!
>>
>> I think, and I am not certain about this, there was a thread here on the 
>> Boat Anchors list also. However, it was much shorter in length. The 
>> length does not = quality, however!
>>
>> You can check both the Heathkit and the Boat Anchors list archives from 
>> the Halli web site, so go for it and enjoy!
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Byron Tatum" <bjtatum1 at att.net>
>> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:52 PM
>> Subject: [Boatanchors] HQ-129X Info
>>
>>
>>> Hello-
>>>    I picked up a restorable, working HQ-129X at a recent swapmeet. It 
>>> brings back fond memories of my novice days in late1960's. I was not 
>>> fortunate enough to have one myself, but I would tune around on my 
>>> friend's. I remember  he could work the VK's and ZL's when I barely 
>>> could tell they were there on my HR-10, and I had the better antenna!.
>>>    I have ordered a new front panel and will repaint the case. My plans 
>>> are to mate this set with my DX-100B.
>>>    I wonder if anyone recalls any improvements to the HQ-129X front end, 
>>> such as a less-noisy RF Amp or Mixer? I have been searching on the 
>>> internet and saw reference to a QST article about improving the HQ-129X.
>>>    Anyway, just thought I would start gathering info ahead of 
>>> restoration.
>>>                                                                Thanks, 
>>> Byron WA5THJ.
>
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