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

[Dan Robinson]

Hey no prob -- keeping the 180 discussion on the list
is fine!

Mike McCoy wrote:

>Given the suggestion of a separate HQ-180 list and reply below, having
>posted a couple HQ-180 questions here I'm suddenly wondering if I'm guilty
>of some faux pas?
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>Is this Hammarlund reflector not the appropriate place to discuss, pose
>HQ-180 questions?
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>Mike
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Tanton" <n4xy@earthlink.net>
>To: <hammarlund@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:37 PM
>Subject: [Hammarlund] Re: Separate HQ-180 list...
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>>We just had all sorts of controversy on [Ten Tec] about starting a
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>spin-off
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>>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
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>>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
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>felt
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>>the PM-Series was old enough and crude enough (I referred to them in my
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>>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
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>>PM-3 users need to get together and have QSOs!" Note: I was NOT the one
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>who
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>>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.
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>>Here... I have a very different opinion: the entire Hammarlund HQ-Series
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>>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'.
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>>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!!!
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>>73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>
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>>Ed Tanton N4XY
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