[Hammarlund] Favorite Hammerlund Receiver

[W2HX]

I love my 140X. Very similar to the 129, but I think the 140 has better
looks, IMHO

 
73 Eugene W2HX
 

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From: hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Todd, KA1KAQ
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:07 AM
To: kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Cc: Hammarlund Radios
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Favorite Hammerlund Receiver

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon
<kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
> In my opinion, the HQ-129X was the very best in its price class at the 
> time. I have one of those too. Really like it.

I agree with that. Same with its earlier version, the 120X. Carl and I were
discussing a while back what a great "entry level" rig Hammarlund offered.
Had a 120X years ago that I loved. Sent it down the road but have a 129X in
its place. Once it's done, it will stay here. Gotta love the look of those
streamlined chickenhead knobs, as impractical as they can be to use. The
tuning knobs are a bit small too, but they look right, and it was all about
a new post-war look for a pre-war rig.

> But the SP-200 line is still my favorite.

Mine too. Well, the early pre-war Super Pro be it SP-10, -100, or -200. Had
a bunch of these over the years and never kept them around until W3JN
convinced me to take a second look, and how to use one as designed. Been a
rabid fan for nearly a decade since!

The WWII versions got a bad rap after the war for numerous reasons, which
Henry Rogers explains well on his Western Historic Radio Museum site. He
also does numerous side-by-side comparisons with other popular receivers of
the day, all there to be read.

There are plenty of receivers that have come along since that beat them in
areas like dial readout, stability, and so on. But for its day, it was the
top of the heap. The military thought enough of it to take it off the shelf
in high quantities, along with the SX-28, and HROs. Even after "better"
purpose-built military sets came along, they remained in service.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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