[Hammarlund] Re: Separate HQ-180 list...

[Ed Tanton]

We just had all sorts of controversy on [Ten Tec] about starting a spin-off 
related to the (really old) Ten-Tec Power-Mite Series of transceivers. 
Tread softly... I didn't see what the problem was THERE since the bulk (I'd 
say > 95%) of the commentary on [Ten Tec] is about the MODERN stuff... but 
some seemed to take offense. I also failed to see a problem since 1) I felt 
the PM-Series was old enough and crude enough (I referred to them in my own 
email as being from the Stone-Age of Solid-State Transceiver Development) 
that I felt most [Ten Tec] subscribers might be bored/etc. with Power-Mite 
QSO celebrations; and 2) I would have been among the 1st to report back to 
[Ten Tec] anything I thought was more important than: "Hey... all us PM-2 / 
PM-3 users need to get together and have QSOs!" Note: I was NOT the one who 
made the spin-off suggestion, but I did think it was a good idea. The 
bottom line was that the party who suggested-and formed one quickly on 
Topica-just as quickly withdrew it due to several fairly nasty comments.

Here... I have a very different opinion: the entire Hammarlund HQ-Series is 
a progression. The circuits overlap forwards and-occasionally it would 
seem-backwards (when an older circuit was revived.) I cannot think of 
anything I would have to say about ** MY ** HQ-180-C that I think the rest 
of the Hammarlund reflector wouldn't want to read about. Yes, there are 
some relatively obscure topics that could come up-the Noise Silencer being 
the 1st one I can think of-but I THINK most everybody else would be 
interested in reading about it anyway. Leaving only a few to hit that DEL 
key. And with the majority of the repair, tune-up, and operating 
information being backwards-compatible, I think almost everyone would want 
to read HQ-180 'stuff'.

So, personally, I don't see what we HQ-180 owners would talk about that 
would be inappropriate-or TOO boring-for everybody else. And, like I said: 
there is always that DEL key!!!



73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>

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