[Hammarlund] Old Hammalunds

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 13 Apr 2011 at 8:55, Carl wrote:

> Not everyone has a sweeper Ken and even Hammarlund included the sig
> gen method in some manuals.

Yes. I have seen that in at least one of my Hammarlund manuals.

> I havent bothered with the sweeper in ages
> after tests showed no performance difference.

If you have to stagger-tune the IFs, in my opinion, it is a lot easier. For most 
purposes, you're right, of course, but it sure is fun to watch the IF passband 
change shape! :-)

> BTW, my sweeper of choice is a GR-1025A complete with the National
> Radio ID tag. Its a blast watching the motor drive do its thing but
> its big and heavy and normally does not reside on a bench.

Yes. I've always wanted a motor-driven sweeper. They're fun to watch.

The modern sweep-function generator is cheap and easy to use. As I said, I 
use a cheap B&K model.

Ken W7EKB