[Hammarlund] SP-600 problem, more data

[Roy Morgan]

At 10:06 AM 6/28/02 -0600, Wally Gibbons wrote:
>   The
>first 6BE6 mixer was flat. ... I don't hear the station
>spread all across the broadcast band now, just near it's frequency.

Glad to know one symptom of a dead tube.. thanks.

>So, the next question, is a 150 foot long wire too much for an SP-600?

YES!  Try five feet.

>BUT, my R-390 handles a longwire and the local station without overload.

Hooray for the R-390A!  It has as much stuff in the front end as in the 
whole SP-600 RF section.  You are seeing the advances of "the art" and the 
results of lots more engineering and parts.

Roy


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