[Hammarlund] Alignment on HQ-170

[manualman at juno.com]

I suspect "great" is best left up to the individual users. My R-388 and
SP-600-JX17 are the most often used as band cruisers with the SP-600
slightly ahead due to my higher perceived AM quality. My HQ-170A-VHF is a
good SSB/CW amateur band receiver but suffers from very good AM quality.
Staggered tuning the IF section, with some loss in selectivity, can cure
some of that along with some modification of the audio sections. We can
probably debate the pros and cons of many perceived "great" receivers for
days and weeks and probably never receive a consensus of all users. My
most used amateur band receivers here are the National HRO-500 and the
Flex 5000 for all around performance, sensitivity, and selectivity on AM
and SSB. I have several other receivers but they are much further down
the list.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman


On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 16:54:06 -0400 Charles Ochs <chuckochs at hotmail.com>
writes:
> Is there really such a thing?I have owned / repaired many, and even 
> though I love my R-390, if I had to have only ONE radio to function 
> as a band-cruiser, it would be an SP-600 hands down.Chuck N1LNH 

On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 13:33:18 -0700 "Brian Burns"
<brian at lessonsinlutherie.com> writes:
> Hello Pete and Dale,
>  
> Pete, I would be very interested to hear what receivers you think 
> would earn
> a "great" rating--inquiring minds, and all that. I asked Carl KM1H 
> what he
> would choose in a general coverage receiver if he could have only 
> one, and
> he said one of the Collins 51J series. Others have said "No way!"
> 
>  
> 
> Dale, speaking of Carl, he did a complete re-furbishment of my 
> HQ-150, and
> did a marvelous job. He is in NH and has been restoring receivers 
> more or
> less forever.
> Cheers,
> Brian