[Hammarlund] List

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

Well, I'm just glad the the lists are still here.

Although I don't need them constantly, I sure do need them that once in a while when I run 
into a weird problem.

All I have to do is to toss a question into the "pool" and all sorts of activity shows up.

I stil have several Hammarlund receivers, and unless I kick off sooner than later, I would 
really enjoy getting them back in operation.

I have two or three BC-779s here, including one whidh was COMPLETELY hacked. It even 
has a built-in/on power supply. I would really like to get that one working mainly to see if all 
the mods were worth the effort. I really doubt that they were.

I also recenly bought a complete, unhacked, HQ-170 for $60 which I would love to get in 
operation in the shack. It had been stored in some ham's heated garage for the past 40 years 
or more.

BTW, some time ago I restored a 3-6 MHz BC-454 which someone had tried to convert to 
cover 10 meters back in the early 1950s.

I managed to get it working very well, and was surprised to learn that the 12SK7 RF amp 
stage still proviided 1 microvolt sensitivity for MDS even at 30 MHz. I had thought up until 
then that 6/12SK7s were useless at frequencies much above 10 MHz.

I also have two RCHs I want to get back in operation. I used one when I was a newbie and 
was really impressed with it.

Later,

Ken W7EKB