[Hallicrafters] SR-Series?

[George Encarnacion]

I have both the SX-117/HT-44 and the SR-150.  They are excellent vintage
radios and a pleasure to fire up and use.  

The SX-117 / HT-44 is a much better receiver / transmitter than the
SR-150.

The SX-117 is triple conversion with a low 50.75 kHz 3rd IF - which in
turn allows for sharp LC - the SX-117 has a very sharp notch filter and
selectable selectivity of 0.5, 2.5 or 5 kHz.  The SX-117 also allows use
of the LF converter option. 

The HT-44, when aligned properly, has very good sounding transmit audio
due to it's 1650 kHz phasing-type SSB generation.  

The SR-150 is dual conversion and has 1650 kHz crystal lattice
filter-type SSB generation.  One plus for the SR-150 is the rather
advanced, for it's time,  RIT.  

Both the SR-150 and the HT-44 use the same AC or DC power supplies.  The
HT-44 has SSB, CW and AM , rated for 200 W input using 2 6DQ5's.  The
SR-150 only has SSB and CW, rated for 150 W input using 2 12DQ6B's.

FWIW, George AH6BV / w1

> > I guess I lived a sheltered ham life but am not real familiar with 
> the
> > SR-series (150, etc) Hallicrafters transceivers. Mostly see and 
> read about
> > the SXs and the HTs.
> >
> > Were the SRs not as good as say the SX-117, HT-44 combo? Were 
> there
> problems
> > with the SR-series that made them not as popular? It appears to be 
> very
> > similar to the receivers SX-117 or SX-122  layout wise
> >
> 
> 
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