[Boatanchors] Eddystone 680X?

[Steve Press]

I remember as a soon to be Novice in the late 50's walking into Harrison Radio in NYC and playing with the Eddystone dial. I can't recall if it was part of the receiver or just the dial on display. It was the smoothest tuning dial ever, fondly remembered to this day. 
Steve

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On Sat, 10/27/18, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Eddystone 680X?
 To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Saturday, October 27, 2018, 7:20 PM
 
 On 10/27/2018 5:54 PM, W2HX
 wrote:
 > Anyone have one of these? I am
 curious how you like it? I think it is a very nice looking
 radio. Is it maintainable? Tubes available? Reliable?
 etc?
 They're great Eugene, that
 Eddystone dial makes it the ultimate 
 bandscanner - that weighted tuning dial
 provides good bandspread and 
 what I would
 say is the smoothest "feel" of any receiver.
 Performance is 
 good for a receiver designed
 in the early 50s, and it's stable enough 
 for SSB using the BFO and the old fashioned
 method of tuning.  The tubes 
 are available
 although all I've had to do is one minor repair.  
 There's 
 a good website here:
 
 https://rigreference.com/storage/manuals/eddystone/eddystone-680x-redrawn-circuit-and-other-info.pdf--5a7238c2aece21.64248481.pdf
 Manual: 
 https://rigreference.com/storage/manuals/eddystone/eddystone-670x-instruction-manual.pdf--5a72377925c160.86806255.pdf
 
 One thing that may not be
 apparent from looking at the pictures is how 
 heavy it is - 47 pounds!   I remember buying
 mine from the club table at 
 a hamfest and
 groaning while carrying it to my car after seriously 
 underestimating how much it would weigh.
 
 73, Bob W9RAN
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