[HBR] Fw: HBR-16

Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:07:39 -0500

Yep, the group is alive and well and more members are joining up
.......and there are stories everywhere. 

I've taken the liberty of copying the reflector and look forward to 
seeing you check onto the reflector, tell the others your story, and
send me the pictures to post. An interesting dial arrangement which 
would be well received by the HBR group since those 898 dials 
ARE difficult to find.

Sounds like the same type background. I became a Novice in 1960,
saw the articles in the early 60s, wrote Ted Crosby, decided on the 
HBR-12, ordered most of the parts, put everything away for college,
Army duty, married, other priorities, retired in 1998, came across 
the old Ted Crosby documentation, had lost most of the parts in 35
years, found other HBR enthusiasts on the Internet, and started the 
reflector and web site. I am still amazed at how many HBRs are still 
out there and the interest, 40+ years later.

73  Kees K5BCQ 

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mobile Engineering <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:37:03 -0500
Subject: HBR-16
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

Hi OM,

Just yesterday, Easter eve., '03, typed "HBR-16" into Yahoo and, well,
I'm 
amazed!

So, if this HBR-16 group I've just discovered is still alive, I'll check
in 
w. story, photos, copy of a hand-written letter from Ted Crosby, et al.

I've also printed out lots of stuff from the newly discovered Website 
resource and am enjoying reading it.

Briefly:
A new teen-age Novice in 1960, and having started getting QST at just
about 
the month the HBR-16 was featured, I decided to go for it and attempt 
building the Rx, frustrated as I was with the 2-tube regen/borrowed 
S-38B/borrowed S-40B. (Maybe it was finally the borrowed Gonset G-66B
which 
wowed me.)

It wasn't till ten years later (1970) with a little free time after the 
Army and before beginning a 1st career teaching H.S. that I really
finished 
up the HBR-16 and got it actually working - and did a radio club 
presentation on it. By then, I'd acquired an HRO-5, a BC-348Q, an Elmac 
PMR-8, etc.

Over the decades since I've used the HBR-16 occasionally (along with lots

of other ham gear built/bought/sold, kids raised, homes bought/sold, 
careers changed). But have never loved the tough-to-twist MCN 
dial/knob...nor its off-centered symmetry and the overall looks of the 
uncabineted Rx. I've also made some technical/circuit changes.

Winter 2002-03, I decided to give the MCN dial the heave-ho, and - having

tried unsuccessfully a couple of years back to get an Eddystone dial - I 
decided to build my own (9" long x 10-turn) slide-rule dial. The
new-dialed 
HBR's now in the finishing stages - getting the kHz. markers inked and
some 
aesthetic front-panel trim designed/installed. So, photos can be taken 
soon, I hope.

73's,

John, K0YQX