[Elecraft] OT- A trip into Yesteryear!

[Lee Buller]

I can really appreciate my K3 today...and probably any modern day rig.  While at Dayton this year I got an Hammarlund HQ-110 for giggles and grins.  It was a bargain and just needed a little tender lving care.  Last night I got the 110 running and receiving pretty darn good.

Now I've been a ham since 1965 and I must say I have forgotten receiver dynamics between then (1965) and now.  The HQ-110 transported me back to an era where the best filter you had was between your ears.  Even though it has a Q-Multiplier and the Selectivity can be shaped....it is a far cry from what we have today with filters and DSP.  Listening to one frequency and hearing 3 different CW signals at different tones should brought back memories...and a great appreciation for my K3 - my K2 - and today's modern rigs.  What a huge difference.  Filtering on the K3 is fantastic and I now super-appreciate the technology.

Also the concept of "transceive" is something to be really appreciated.  As I was tuning around 40 meters last night, I realized that when I was a Novice and "rock" bound...one had to tune up and down the band to hear someone calling you.  I might have been on 7133, but I was working another station at 7105.

Ah, technology.  It is Grand!  It sure is nice to see the tubes light up and the case get warm.

Back to your regular scheduled program....

73
Lee - K0WA

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