From wrcromwell at gmail.com Tue Aug 25 12:22:29 2026 From: wrcromwell at gmail.com (William Cromwell) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:22:29 -0400 Subject: [Hammarlund] HQ-145X now lives here Message-ID: Hi, Once upon a time I had a Hammarlund HQ-145X that I used for a couple of years until I decided I had too many radios. I know..no such thing as too many radios. I hauled a pile of stuff to hamfest and the Hammarlund was one of the radios that did not follow me back home. I regretted it almost immediately. Last fall I went to a nearby hamfest and found another one. The guy didn't want a whole lot of money for it but I did not want to buy *anything* that day. I stopped by late in the day and chatted with him about the one I used to have. He lowered the price and I declined. Then he told me he did not want to haul it back home so he just gave it to me! I could not resist:) I intend to put it in the lineup in events like the Classic Exchange along with the National HRO, National SW-3, my RCA RAK-7 and R-23 Q5ers. The one I used to have was used in NTS traffic nets Navy-Marine Corps MARS nets. Good, reliable stuff. This rig needs help on band 2 that includes 160 and 80 meters but I am confident I can get that up to par. Been there..done that. 73, Bill? KU8H