[Hammarlund] At the risk of...

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:06:00 -0600

Hello all,  Just a small note...

Hammerlund started with the HQ-120-x not the 129x.  I know because I =
have
one and have seen 2 or 3 others.  It is a very good receiver and as it =
says
in the manual, "the first ham band" receiver product hammarlund has =
ever
made...

Regards,

Dennis, k0eoo

-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Zook [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:36 PM
To: Jon & Valerie Oldenburg; Barry Hauser
Cc: hammarlund-qth
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] At the risk of...

In terms of the "best" Hammarlund receiver, I actually
vote for a "series".

Hammarlund started with the HQ-129X, then replaced the
octal tubes with miniature tubes and called it the
HQ-140X.  Then, they added a "Q" Multiplier and called
it the HQ-150X.  Finally, Hammarlund "reboxed" it with
the "new" look and called it the HQ-145.

That series of receivers is very stable.  When I was
in college (about 35 years ago) I used my first
HQ-140X for, among other things, RTTY.  I could set
the receiver on the Reuter's New York to Havana 66 wpm
news link, walk away, and come back hours later to
several feet of perfect copy.  My present HQ-140X is
that stable as well.

I owned two SP600-JX-17 receivers that drifted "all
over the place" (I can see why the government wanted
the ability to crystal control!).  I have used and/or
serviced numerous HQ-100, HQ-110, HQ-160, HQ-170, and
HQ-180 receivers.  All of them were "drifters", some
worse than others!  Those that cover 6 meters are
almost unusable on SSB on that band (you have to keep
your hand on the dial) but do work "OK" on AM.  The
same thing goes for the VHF versions that have a 2
meter converter that converts into the 6 meter range.=20
They are just too unstable for good SSB operation on 2
meters.

Frankly, most of the Hallicrafters receivers fall into
the same category as far as stability is concerned.=20
There are exceptions, but, by far, most of them are
"drifters" as well.

The Heath SB-Line receivers / transceivers and the
Mohawk are stable, but most of the other Heath gear is
"drifty" as well.  The same thing goes for most of the
National receivers.

The Collins receivers are consistantly the most
stable.  However, they were also the most expensive
(in general).

Glen, K9STH

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