[Hallicrafters] Real radio men don't need no silly instructions

[Carl]

By 1950-51 nobody could hold a price line as inflation was in full swing. I 
think the 129X peaked at $189 in 53.

I had a 129x  during 56-63 or so when I made a mistake and got a 2B....what 
a mistake! Total overload on a good antenna in a contest.

Then came a used 75A4 and lots of hours under the hood in the National lab. 
I still have it......and a pair of 129X's.

However the NC-300 in top repair (there were several factory changes over 
its life) is a much better CW radio while the 129X is still one of the best 
BCB DXers ever made due to the custom tuning cap and great dial calibration.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; "KA1KAQTodd" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Real radio men don't need no silly instructions


I don't think Hammarlund was able to sustain the $129 for the HQ-129-X for 
very long; but it may have lasted 12-18 months... that was before my time; 
I'll have to study the ads.

Back in the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment, W4ATC, the club station 
at NC State University, had a 129X and an NC-300.  I operated the station 
quite often and used both receivers; but always preferred the 129X 
especially on CW.  They also had an SW-3 stuffed into a junque pile in the 
closet; it had been the first station receiver back in the early 30s 
according to photographic evidence.  The club had an auction to raise funds 
for purchase of a set of Heath Twins (eccch)... the SW-3 brought a grand 
total of five dollars.  Wish I'd bought it!

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Wed, 11/9/11, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Real radio men don't need no silly 
> instructions
> To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Cc: "Mike Everette" <radiocompass at yahoo.com>, 
> hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net, "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 5:57 PM
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Carl
> <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The first dealer listing is in the October 1945 QST at
> $166 which also
> > included the Big 3. I suspect the OPA had restricted
> the release. The
> > HQ-129X certainly was a better deal at $129 then.
>
> You can say that again. In the early post-war days,
> Hammarlund really
> had their act together with their updated HQ-129X and
> SP-400X versions
> of the prewar '120X and '200X. I think they win the award
> for best
> entry level receiver, too.
>
> ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4
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