[Hammarlund] Favorite Hammerlund Receiver

[Brian Burns]

Hello Carl,

~ For what purpose?

~ Strictly ham and what bands or include GC?

~ Mine range from a SP-100 to a HQ-180. The older HQ series is used for AM and some CW and the 180 is strictly for GC.

~ You also get into the silver mica disease in the sets with the small IF cans.

~ Carl
KM1H

I'm looking for a reliable boatanchor receiver for CW and AM ham use. It needs to be a GC model to cover the WARC bands. I've coveted a Hammerlund ever since I got my General class ticket in '53 (W5BRO), and our club, the Rio Grande Valley ARC made a visit to the naval air station in Harlingen, TX. They had an HQ129, and it was love at first sight.

I'm not absolutely wedded to the idea of a Hammerlund, particularly if there is going to be a lot of maintenance. I built the double conversion receiver for 80 and 40 that was in the ARRL handbook in 1956, but I had access to test equipment then.

Cheers,

Brian

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