[Hammarlund] Speaker for HQ 150?

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

MIKE SOUHRADA wrote:

> Friend of mine without internet capability is looking for a speaker
> to match this receiver. I'm not sure what matches but suspect
> a S-100 would be satisfactory. Speaker doesn't even need to work but he
> wants the cabinet. 


Hi Mike -

That's what I currently use with mine. Works quite well, too. There was 
a specific speaker made for the 150, gray hammertone cabinet with square 
holes and an orange/red 'Hammarlund' tag on the top face. I've offered 
to trade my S-100 for one of these but had no luck. They come around 
online now and then, I've seen at least a dozen but missed each one.

Something else to keep in mind is that the HQ-150 was produced in a 
later model as well, with a much smaller cabinet. I wonder if the S-100 
isn't the actual match for this radio? Earlier models had a cabinet like 
the HQ-129, but the later 150s were the last 'big knob' radios they made 
in that line before going to the newer styling and dinky knobs on the 
HQ-145 and similar. Being close to a 'crossover' model, the late 
production HQ-150s may actually belong with the S-100 as a match.

Just a guess, mind you....

Good luck -

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ