[Hallicrafters] sx 110

[jeremy-ca]

Bob, I guess Im a few years older than you.

After suffering thru a regen and then modified Command receivers I knew I 
needed a change. My friends all had their parents buying them S-38D's, 
S-53A's, S-40B's and S-85's. After trying them at their homes I decided they 
offered very little improvement.

Talked to the OT the next street over (32V1, SX-28A, HB VT-127A KW) and he 
steered me into a very nice, very late production HQ-129X (factory 
calibrator) for $75 of my paper route money. I bought another one last year 
and have it recapped and mated to a Viking I which was the model I gave as a 
present to myself when I got my General in 1956. Using them now really 
brings back the memories.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <w9ran at oneradio.net>
To: <WA1KBQ at aol.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] sx 110


> 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
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