[Hammarlund] Found an HXL-1 and an HX-50

[Freeberg, Scott (STP)]

That worked out good.  I found an HXL-ONE and an HX-50 in excellent =
condition, so I'm pretty darn excited.  I hope to have a full Hammarlund =
station consisting of HX-50A, HXL-ONE, HQ-180A, SP200, on the air in a =
few weeks!  It will be interesting to find out if the HX-50 is a good or =
not so good performer.  In 1970-1978 my HX-50A was a great performer and =
I used it all the time on SSB and cw.  In the past few years I've heard =
quite a few discouraging comments about the HX-50 being 'problematic' =
and difficult.  Hope not.

Now I need to think about building a bench with shelves to hold this big =
and heavy stuff :)  I enjoy working vintage SSB, AM, and CW and so I =
plan to run the Hammarlund station on all those modes.  I don't have a =
manual yet, so I'm wondering if the Hammarlund AM is true =
doublesidebanded AM or if its single sidebanded AM like the KWS-1 and =
Johnson Pacemaker.

73, Scott WA9WFA
http://www.qsl.net/wa9wfa