[Boatanchors] HT-20

[Carl]

> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM, john fitzsimmons <w3jn at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Yep, it has an unusually high cabinet and I'm not sure if it's unique to
>> the HT-20 or not.
>>
>> That's one Hallicrafters that's near mil-spec in construction, unlike 
>> their
>> decidedly lower-rent efforts of the fifties.
>>
>> I was gonna get it on the air when i was back home at xmas but never got
>> around to it... I do know it works FB into a dummy load!
>>
>> HT-31 is the amp I was thinking of, never seen one so it must be as 
>> scarce
> or moreso than the HT-20. Uses the same dial bezel and crank knob, too.
> Dachis' book says the HT-30 is the companion transmitter, but it sure 
> would
> go nicely with the HT-20 if painted differently. But it doesn't bode well
> for finding a cabinet.
>
> I know you have the -88 with yours too Johnny, but in retrospect I wonder 
> if
> the SX-73 wasn't a better choice? Or would've been if they'd made a true
> civilian version. Similar size and same bullet-proof construction as the
> HT-20, pop it into the same cabinet and viola - kick-ass station without 
> the
> fluff.
>
> Looking forward to working you on yours when you get back this way. Gotta
> run up to Steve's to get the HV meter shunt for my transmitter, then it's
> back on the air. Everything else checks out okayfine (so far).
>
> ~ Todd/KAQ


Thats why Im itching to get a HT-20 Todd, the SX-73 here is getting 
lonesome.

Carl
KM1H