[Hallicrafters] More SX-110

[Bob Macklin]

I just turned mine on and found a SWB station about 12MC/S

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil " <neil at ghostdog.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:21 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] More SX-110


> Hi all,
> I'll add my SX-110 story to this drift. Got my general,
> KH6EAM, back
> in the mid-sixties. My friends had various homebrew single
> 6K6 CW
> xmtrs and an assortment of Heath and Knight kits to flesh
> everything
> out. I started with a Globe Chief 90 Deluxe and an SX-110. I
> was always
> on the lookout for anything that would improve the receiver.
> RF preamp,
> Q-multiplier, passive audio peak/notch filters... all of
> which helped to
> varying degrees, but really nothing could make a Ford into a
> Mercedes.
> 
> I remember distinctly how mechanically unstable the SX-110
> was. A jiggle of the
> desk gave it warbly conniptions. I tried to add reinforcing
> brackets, lead
> weights- anything to give it some solid rigidity. Nada. In
> the end, it was
> best left alone. From Hawaii, in the wee hours of the
> morning, I work
> S.A., Asia, and most of the mainland. All on 40m, but the
> bands were much
> quieter back then and less receiver was required. 
> 
> I added a Heath VFO and a military surplus plate modulator
> to the Chief,
> then later traded it for a Globe Meteor DSB xmtr. Gold and
> garish, 
> but it worked just fine. With college, all got left behind,
> including the hobby.
> 
> Now I'm relicensed as KI6HJS and have a JRC NDR525 as my
> main receiver,
> but have picked up some rehab projects on eBay (HQ-170,
> which I could finally
> afford, and an S-76 that I refurbished only to have it blow
> up on first plug in. 
> "Why is that rectifier tube bright red, that's not supposed
> to..." too late.)
> Transmitters now are all QRP kits of one kind or another.
> 
> When I see a clean SX-110 on eBay I get tempted, but never
> pulled hard
> enough to take one on again.
> 
> 73, Neil KI6HJS
> 
> 
> Neil Murphy
> www.ghostdog.com
> 650.375.0886 wrk
> 650.533.2015 mobile
> 
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