[Hammarlund] Hammarlund's attempts to make transceivers

[W8ZV]

HI Gang!!

    Just so everybody knows, that HXQ-300 did and does exist.  I got it 
in a load of gear that I bought in Arkansas from John Bess almost 20 
years ago.  It was very close to the KW-2000 and very close in many 
respects to the Collins KWM-2.  I sold that to Charlie Jedlicka N9SOR 
and I'm sure that he still has it.  The front panel paint and silk 
screening was not in good shape when he got it and unless he's had it 
restored, it's probably VERY fragile and occupying a shelf behind 
glass.  I seem to recall factory docs that were with it, but my memory 
is getting fuzzy at that point.  But I do remember that what Dave says 
about the architecture of the radio is correct.  It would have been a 
nice rig.  I did have a the matching power supply/speaker as well, I 
think.  Maybe Charlie will correct my fuzzy memory.


On 4/8/2012 6:05 PM, David Thompson wrote:
> Hammarlund had working relationships with UK's KW Electronics and Swan and
> made two attempts at selling transceivers.
>
> The first is shown in a 1964 WRL Catalog is as per this web page:
>
> http://www.hammarlund.info/info/hxq-300/hxq-300-promo.jpg
>
> The second is a page I got from Frank Lester who says is based somewhat on
> the KW 2000E with 500 kcs ranges rather than the 200 ranges in the KW-2000B.
> It was to be called the Pro-200 Transceiver. Tentive price was $650
>
> The KW-2000 series was based upon the KWM2 design but it was deemed too
> expensive to copy the PTO design so KW opted for the 6U8 VFO design.  The
> KW-2000E used a 6U8A like the proposed design for the PRO-200.  Frank saw a
> prototype in Mars Hill and W2HEL/4 the then Chief Engineer had it in
> testing.  A second prototype with changes (improvements) was planned but
> Frank never heard anything but Giannini Scientific scrubed the design as
> being too old.  He said they wanted a no tune version with a second VFO plus
> the ability to add a second receiver to have dual receive design like the
> SR-2000.  Frank thought a remote receiver with a VFO was what they had in
> mind.  Sounds like the HA-20 Hallicrafters with a complete receiver.  Since
> Hammarlund had a long track record of Military work that might have come
> from a proposed military contract that fell through.
>
> I have the preliminary Data Sheet buts its red and hard to copy or scan
> without industrial equipment.
> Scanning on my HP desk jet 300 does not let you see the transceiver only the
> print.
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
>
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