[Hammarlund] Collins or Hammarlund?

[Ed Swynar]

Hi Mark...

I have an RCA AR-88LF here which I use in conjunction with a modified
Heathkit QF-1 Q-multiplier...

I absolutely LOVE it! It's as stable on 10-meters as it is on 160---no small
feat for a receiver built SIXTY years ago! It's stable, selective, and most
assuredly does NOT slide across the table whenever the 'phones are plugged
into the headphone jack...!     :>)

Its one major drawback...? Frequency readout is FAR from
"...readable-to-one-KHz" accuracy...but it IS re-settable, using the logging
scale.

Considering its age, the rig was well ahead of its time, I think, and worth
the $450.00 RCA selling price in 1944...

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ




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> Not to be too off topic but what about the RCA AR-88? How does it compare?
> Also, anyone do any work to HQ-180's? I have one that needs some
attention. 73
> and nice thread..
>
> Mark
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