[Hammarlund] Hq-180 vs 145 and 170
Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC
dcsfree at comcast.net
Thu Mar 2 22:07:22 EST 2006
As long we are putting 2 cents in my favorite Hammer is the HQ-160. It has
many of the features of the 180 but far better audio. And the Q-multiplier
is alot of fun too.
Dan K9DTC
----- Original Message -----
From: "rayfri" <rayfri at highstream.net>
To: "John Barnard" <jfjb at shaw.ca>
Cc: "hammarlund" <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Hq-180 vs 145 and 170
> 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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>My $0.02 worth. Your mileage may vary!
>>
>>Good DX
>>
>>John Barnard
>>
>>mfisch at kent.edu wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi:
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Thanks for help
>>>
>>>Mike
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