[Hammarlund] Favorite Hammarlund Radio

[Carl]

I had one also in the 80's and was unimpressed with its performance even 
after a full overhaul. Drift was present but the front end noise was the 
killer. Considering the tube lineup a NC-183D was better.
After rebuilding a few others I started using the 6GM6 first RF and 6BY6 
mixers and the improvement was very noticable. Some customers still want 
them left completely original.

Carl



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From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>; "Hammarlund Radios" 
<hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Favorite Hammarlund Radio


I had a pair of SP-600-JX17 receivers for a short time a number of years 
ago. I got them in a trade for a Swan-240 that I had acquired in another 
trade a couple of weeks before. Talk about going from the frying pan into 
the fire where drift was concerned! On the higher bands the SP-600s drifted 
even worse than the Swan!

Then, a couple of other operators thought that they couldn't live without 
the SP-600s so I unloaded them in a hurry!

Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


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 From: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: Hammarlund Radios <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Favorite Hammarlund Radio

On 10 Dec 2011 at 20:14, Carl wrote:

> > BC-779 for me. ;-)
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
>
> I have its brother, a BC-1004 I picked up at Nearfest for $40. Already
> have a SP-400 but still need meter glass or a complete meter. Dont
> want to strip the 1004.

Those older Hammarlunds look so "military truck-ish". I really like
that look. R-390(*) has the same kind of look.

At the time they first came out, the Hammarlund SP-200s were the most
expensive receivers available, as I remember it.

Ken W7EKB
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