[Boatanchors] [Glowbugs] Day Dreaming what receiver to build-HBR-16 maybe?

[Howie WA3MCK]

Hi Bill,

I've been building, modifying, tuning, and aligning an
HBR-16 for more years than I care to remember.

It works thus far but needs more work.

I have even purchased other hams interrupted or failed attempts at building
this classic for parts. I've harvested IF cans, tubes, knobs, fancy
hardware, variable caps, inductors, a beautiful tuning dial mechanism
assembly and so forth.

Just my thoughts.

Howie WA3MCK



On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 14:14 William Wood <ke9xq at charter.net> wrote:

> Just day dreaming today
> Raining out and feeling
> lazy, so I am mocking up
> a chassis for a screened
> waste basket and it has
> about the same footprint
> as many of our rigs.  Outside
> dementions:
> 5.5” H X 11” W and 12” L
> This is the waste basket on it’s
> side, and the Chassis I hope to
> build with my new 18” Metal
> brake is app 10.5 X 11.75 X 2.25
> I did not do the bending yet as
> I know the basic width and length
> I’m just not sure of the height yet.
> It depends on the complexity of
> the circuit, and if we use Octals or
> miniature tubes,  I have a couple
> TV repairman tube carriers full of
> miscellaneous tubes at hand and
> a couple hundred more buried in
> that black hole called a basement.
> Many will not be found in the very
> near future : )  I don’t envy my kids
> and grand kids when I click the
> proverbial bucket : )
>
> SO, if you were to build a receiver
> with this chassis in mind, and you wanted
> something like a 3 to 5 tube Regen or
> ???   What do you think you might go with?
> IF this ever came to fruition, I could buy
> another screened waste basket and build
> a matching transmitter.  At least dimensionally
> matching : )  No real goals yet, like I said
> just day dreaming.  The chassis and waste
> basket is a given, but the rest is in the air yet.
>
> 73 fer now
> Bill  KE9XQ
>
> PS I’ve been thinking of a CW 10 Meter set…
> That band has to come alive again : )
>
>
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