[Hammarlund] Collins or Hammarlund?

[GARDGORE@aol.com]

>Bob sez...

>In the day, most TX's were all drifting too so no one noticed. A real radio
>man doesn't need labels on the knobs (i.e., Breting 12), He knows what
>they do.

I was looking in my RME-9D manual the other day and was amused to read the 
following: 
You will see there are no alignment instructions included here. If you know 
how to align superhet communications receivers you have no need for 
instructions and if you need instructions you have no business inside an RME-9D. Of 
course it was popular to supply blank front panels and omit knob function 
identification in the mid-thirties. Along with all the early RME's the Hammarlund 
Comet-Pro, the early HRO, Patterson PR-10, Breting 12 & 14, and some Sargents had 
no control function lettering on the front panels. Regarding the Hammarlund 
HQ-129X through HQ-150 series. It has been my experience they are usually very 
reliable and are among the most stable after a short warm-up period. For the 
price class they were originally designed for and considering how well they work 
they are a bargain for what they usually sell for today. 

- Greg


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