[Hammarlund] SP600-JX17 Availability

[Cecil Acuff]

I agree with the others...the only way to know whether you are getting
ceramic disks and not the paper caps is to look for yourself under the
bottom side... I don't think there are any hard and fast rules that can be
used to tell which ones had which caps....except maybe sticking with the
JX-21...and even then I would still want to look inside... I picked up the
VLF model I have a year or so back and it has all ceramic disks under the
bottom ( I was encouraged)...but was surprised to find paper caps under the
RF deck..I was hoping not to have to go into there...oh well!

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Anders" <kg6yv@mindspring.com>
To: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff@cableone.net>; "Orrin & Phyllis" <minmar@2z.net>;
<hammarlund@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] SP600-JX17 Availability


> Isn't the JX-17 devoid of black beauties?  I heard they have ceramic caps
> throughout.  My JX14  had ceramics under the
> chassis but BB's in the rf deck and IFs...
>
> Greg
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff@cableone.net>
> To: "Orrin & Phyllis" <minmar@2z.net>; <hammarlund@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 6:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] SP600-JX17 Availability
>
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> >         I would add a comment or two to what Jerry has already sent.
This
> > is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.
> >
> > The JX-17 prices are on the high side if you ask me....because it seems
to
> > be the more sought after of the JX's.   Why I don't really know.  The
> little
> > red knobs of the diversity model seem to drive the price up.
> >
> > I have been told by those who know these things better than I that the
> JX-17
> > has a few problems BECAUSE it was the diversity model.  Something like a
> > JX-14 or JX-21 might be a better choice.  My understanding is that the
AGC
> > circuitry is different on the JX-17 and that it doesn't perform like the
> > others unless it's taken back to the Non-Diversity design as part of the
> > restoration.  I have found that the JX-14 and 21 prices are more
> reasonable
> > and if as rumored maybe a better performer!
> >
> > I will tell you that they are very nice receivers...and I own 3 of
> them....a
> > JX-14...a VLF and a John Leary special...I love them all and have no
plans
> > to part with any one of the three in the near future.  I would love to
> find
> > a small warehouse full of them and spend the rest of my days restoring
> them
> > and putting them in the hands of new owners!  It's a Classic!
> >
> > Cecil...
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Orrin & Phyllis" <minmar@2z.net>
> > To: <hammarlund@mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:55 PM
> > Subject: [Hammarlund] SP600-JX17 Availability
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > A while ago I did a WTB post to the 'BA" list (316 members) for a
> > > restorable
> > > SP600-JX17. I received two responses. One person had a beauty that I
> > > could'nt afford, and the other gentleman I am still communicating
with.
> > >
> > > Osterman's 1998 edition of "Shortwave Receivers Past and Present"
lists
> > > this receiver as common. In fact I have read somewhere lately that
they
> > > are still in use today for fixed point HF comm.
> > >
> > > Are these radios indeed getting scarce, or is it that people won't
part
> > > with
> > > them?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Orrin Bentz            In far Northern Minnesota.
> > >
> > >
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