[Hammarlund] Hq-180 vs 145 and 170

[rayfri]

Here's a penny change from your two cents worth HI HI.
I've operated with HQ 180s before and found them very very good 
receivers.   The SP 600 is certainly better in many ways,
but IMHO those ways are not that critical ... they are just nice frills 
to an otherwise good receiver.
I like the HQ 180 so much that I would LOVE to own one ... IF I can ever 
find one at a "reasonable" .. read that affordable...
price for me....    My second choice would be an HQ 145 and if money 
were no object, I would also have no heartburn with
buying an sp 600.     My two cents worth.....   
Ray  wa7itz

John Barnard wrote:

>I've owned a HQ-145 and HQ-180 and still own the SP-600 and R-390A. For
>MW DX and recovered audio, my favourite will be the SP-600. IMHO, the
>HQ-145 isn't in the same league as the other 3 receivers. When I lived
>in Montreal, I managed to hear Saudi Arabia on 1521 kHz using a KIWA MW
>loop. Buffalo on 1520 kHz posed a problem with trying to get a clean
>signal. I couldn't hear anything on the HQ-180 inspite of having
>selective sideband and a notch filter. The R-390A could pick it up the
>signal but the filters still allowed bleedover from 1520 kHz. The SP-600
>managed to do a great job using a combination of the filters with the
>crystal phasing. Very nice, easy to understand signal on 1521 kHz with
>next to zero bleedover from 1520 kHz.
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>My SP-600 had been re-capped when I purchased it so that saved me some
>work. As well, the radio cam with an external digital readout which
>suited me just fine. The readout does kick out some birdies but isn't
>too much of a PITA overall.
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>2 years ago I purchased a HC-10 in excellent condition and hooked it
>into the IF output of the SP-600; in effect, I now have a SP-600 with
>notch filter, selectable sideband, passband tuning, selectable AGC and
>variable noise limiter. It's a very sweet combination but I did need to
>do some minor tweaking with the passband adjustment and the slot filter
>adjustment of the HC-10 for near-optimal conditions. I am certainly
>convinced that the recovered audio from the SP-600 beats what I can hear
>on my Drake R-8B.
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>My $0.02 worth. Your mileage may vary!
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>Good DX
>
>John Barnard
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>mfisch at kent.edu wrote:
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>>Hi:
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>>I have both an HQ-145 and an HQ-170, and I'm thinking of replacing
>>both by either a Sp-600 or Hq-180.  Does anybody out there have
>>thoughts: good move, neutral move, Hq-180 beats Sp-600,   ... ?
>>I typically SWL and am working to get General lic. I've checked the
>>net and it appears there is a dedicated Sp-600 following and an
>>equally dedicated Hq-180 following.  A while back I listened to W1AW
>>on both the -145 and -170 and thought both were good, although I have
>>probably not developed a discerning ear yet.
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>>Thanks for help
>>
>>Mike
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