[Hallicrafters] sx 110

[Robert Nickels]

WA1KBQ at aol.com wrote:
> I don't think the SX-110 receiver really had a  matching transmitter. With 
> the addition of an s-meter and a crystal filter the  SX-110 was the deluxe 
> version of the S-108. I would call the S-108/ SX-110  series a short-wave listener 
> receiver rather than a communications receiver  though it does have a 
> stand-by/ rec switch. 
>   
I would agree Greg, but I also concur with Glen's comment that most hams 
back then got started with "bad" receivers, and have seldom had as much 
fun with ham radio since!   I had my eyes (and 13 year-old pocketbook) 
sighted in on a Knight Kit R-100 when a gently used SX-110 came into my 
life.  I'd conned my dad into taking me to a ham store in Springfield MO 
while vacationing at my grandparents house, and we ended up buying it 
for $75.   I can't begin to guess how many hours I've sat in front of 
iit, but despite all its shortcomings, there is still no other receiver 
in my collection that "fits" as well.   Tuning sideband signals was easy 
once you got the hang of setting the two-dial receiver without a 
calibrator, anticipating drift and being the AGC and sideband filter 
using the DSP between your ears!   

My novice station added the Hallicrafters HT-40 alongside the SX-110, 
and it made a handsome combination.  After I got my General I was 
chomping at the bit to get on sideband, but made quite a few AM QSOs 
using the controlled-carrier HT-40.    As a beginning ham, I was proud 
to own the SX-110!  And I still have it.

73, Bob W9RAN