[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 169, Issue 2
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National NC-190. Hallicrafters SX-122, SX-100
Or, get the Osterman book: "Shortwave receivers, past and present" and dream away......
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600 (Ed Sharpe)
2. Re: Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600 (Bill Stewart)
3. Re: Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600 (Dale Parfitt)
4. 5 receivers (KA9EGW)
5. 3000w step up/down transformer (Bob Sullivan)
6. Oddball Tube: Microwave Amp? (David Stinson)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:51:09 -0500
From: Ed Sharpe <couryhouse at aol.com>
To: w5jv at hotmail.com, boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
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about the only one I consider good at the museum.project that I can still move is our R388 collins.. have other things that give a good signal but some are even heavier... seemed when I passed the 60 age mark everything felt twice as heavy... ed#
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On Saturday, February 3, 2018 Doug Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com> wrote:
Trying this again. I am on Digest mode so feel free to email direct. Can anyone name 5 receivers in the "General Coverage" class of radio that are as good as the SP-600 but are easier to move, operate, work on. I'm giving up my SP-600 because its just too much weight and change is in order. Unit has to be a tube radio, repairable. Hybrid like Drake okay.
All I can come up with is: R4B or C, HQ-180A, 51S1 .... most of the others that would be suitable if weight were no issue are just too heavy like SX-101A, R274, 51J3 in cab, etc.
Can anyone name 5 ?
Doug W5JV
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 15:02:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Stewart <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
To: Doug Hensley <w5jv at hotmail.com>
Cc: boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
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Doug, if you could run across a Drake FS-4 synthesizer and yes I know they are scarce
and very pricey, but depends on what ya wanna put into a good receiver. Add a few filters
to the R-4B/C and I would think you would have a nice receiving setup. Add one of the E-tek
readouts and you would have a 'cady-lak' rcvr. Another thought would be a HQ-150 which has
xtal filter plus a Q-Mult...excel. for CW plus AM. The R-388/URR not too much bigger/heavier
than the HQ-180 or HQ-150. Good luck and let us know what you wind up with.
73 de Bill K4JYS
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From: "Doug Hensley" <w5jv at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 2:33:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
Trying this again. I am on Digest mode so feel free to email direct. Can anyone name 5 receivers in the "General Coverage" class of radio that are as good as the SP-600 but are easier to move, operate, work on. I'm giving up my SP-600 because its just too much weight and change is in order. Unit has to be a tube radio, repairable. Hybrid like Drake okay.
All I can come up with is: R4B or C, HQ-180A, 51S1 .... most of the others that would be suitable if weight were no issue are just too heavy like SX-101A, R274, 51J3 in cab, etc.
Can anyone name 5 ?
Doug W5JV
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 15:13:24 -0500
From: "Dale Parfitt" <parinc1 at frontier.com>
To: "'Bill Stewart'" <cwopr at embarqmail.com>, "'Doug Hensley'"
<w5jv at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
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You don't need an FS-4. For about $75 you can build an N3ZI DDS VFO and use
it as you would an FS-4.
http://www.pongrance.com/DDS2016.html
Dale W4OP
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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Stewart
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 3:03 PM
To: Doug Hensley
Cc: boatanchors
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
Doug, if you could run across a Drake FS-4 synthesizer and yes I know they
are scarce and very pricey, but depends on what ya wanna put into a good
receiver. Add a few filters to the R-4B/C and I would think you would have a
nice receiving setup. Add one of the E-tek readouts and you would have a
'cady-lak' rcvr. Another thought would be a HQ-150 which has xtal filter
plus a Q-Mult...excel. for CW plus AM. The R-388/URR not too much
bigger/heavier than the HQ-180 or HQ-150. Good luck and let us know what you
wind up with.
73 de Bill K4JYS
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From: "Doug Hensley" <w5jv at hotmail.com>
To: "boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 2:33:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Name 5 receivers as good as the SP-600
Trying this again. I am on Digest mode so feel free to email direct. Can
anyone name 5 receivers in the "General Coverage" class of radio that are as
good as the SP-600 but are easier to move, operate, work on. I'm giving up
my SP-600 because its just too much weight and change is in order. Unit has
to be a tube radio, repairable. Hybrid like Drake okay.
All I can come up with is: R4B or C, HQ-180A, 51S1 .... most of the others
that would be suitable if weight were no issue are just too heavy like
SX-101A, R274, 51J3 in cab, etc.
Can anyone name 5 ?
Doug W5JV
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:35:54 -0600
From: KA9EGW <ka9egw at ka9egw.com>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Boatanchors] 5 receivers
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Drake 4-Line
51S1
What about the Eldico R102 (with a full rack or rocks) or the Allied AX/SX series?
I dunno. Comparing to a SP600 (and especially the later variants) thins the herd very rapidly...I know there are plenty other GC receivers, but not many with the performance of a late SP600 AND the light weight and size of an R4C...
I have a clean R4C in my pre estate sale.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 09:44:25 -0500
From: Bob Sullivan <robert at isquare.com>
To: BOATANCHORS2 LIST <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Boatanchors] 3000w step up/down transformer
Message-ID: <36D28805-AD71-43FB-9272-C3715898477B at isquare.com>
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This might be useful to someone ?
PowerBright 3000w xfr; 110/200/220/240 in and 110/220-240 out. Step up or step down. (Model VC3000W).
Handy for the test bench! 37lbs. Like new. $50 plus shipping. Photos on request.
73, Bob
W?YVA
http://www.isquare.com/personal_pages/ras-hardware.htm
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 13:08:03 -0600
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>, <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Boatanchors] Oddball Tube: Microwave Amp?
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Here's an oddball tube. "Input" on one end,
"Output" on the other, with tube element
connections between. Anyone familiar? Know how
to hook it up?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9be5plc6QLWlWlps1
73 Dave AB5S
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