[Hammarlund] Any "gotchas" with HQ 145?

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <burnsguitar at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Hammarlund Radios" <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Any "gotchas" with HQ 145?


> On 10 Dec 2011 at 10:53, Brian Burns wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> An HQ145C has recently become available locally for $50.
>
> Hmmmmmm...I think I would buy it in a heartbeat.
>
>> It was
>> working Ok when it got ignored for a bunch of years. Since this is a
>> coastal town the front panel is corroded, and it clearly needs new
>> filter caps in the power supply.
>
> Doesn't sound like it would take much to restore it.
>
>> Since this was Hammerlund's first model with double conversion, and
>> the new front panel and case (and who knows what else was new), I'm
>> wondering whether to take it on as a restoration project.
>
> I would: but then again, I am a glutton for punisment. ;-)
>
>> Anybody had experience with the HQ145?
>
> None here, but lots with other Hammarlund gear. I really like their
> receivers.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>

I have a 145 and it has the same crappy audio as the 170/180. Heck it doesnt 
even have a basic product detector and it suffers from Hammarlunds 6C4 
disease.

Other than that its a little receiver in a big box. Mine is strictly a shelf 
queen.
The 145 and 180 both came out in 1959

Carl
KM1H