[HBR] HBR 16 Owner Pondering Building My Own

[Bob AH7I]

IMO there is so much interesting old stuff out there relative to the
number of people willing to get it going again that it's better to fix the
old stuff than to build something old from scratch.

I've been thinking about building the ultimate RX since 1968 but have
always ended up modifying stuff instead. and have been studying DSP and
digital radio lately. With the new, extremely small, shack, the 'old
stuff' distraction is being forced out of the picture and it looks like
I'm finally going to make some progress :-). Presently I'm looking at the
tradeoffs of the various sampling and digitizing schemes.  Stuff like
digitizer linearity, sampling aperture, and jitter limit 'ultimate' in
this world.

Of course, there are plenty of non-technical rationalizations for
constructing W6TC's design. It's easy to understand, it works well, it's
attractive to look at, especially if one were to use a National knob ;-).

-bob
ah7i

As an aside, my dad acquired a 'collectible' CB rig the other day at an
estate sale and wants me to get the word out that it's forsale. He is a
yard sale/thrift store fiend! The rig is a Tram Diamonnd D201 with
original manual and D-104 microphone(mic was part of package when sold as
new). Make offer if interested.





On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Freeberg, Scott (STP) wrote:

> Hi all,  I am an HBR-16 owner and I'm pondering building my own HBR.  I acquired this one a couple years ago and its a nice performer and a real pleasure to listen to.   I don't know who built it, nor does the previous owner know.
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> I've been noodling on building a later model ham receiver and I'm considering the HBR along with some others.  While I know its like asking whats the best car or the best color of something, is there a best HBR?
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> I see the HBR-16 and subsequent HBR-11 and HBR-13.  They all seem to be fine and just variations of a theme.   The HBR-11 looks interesting to me, late model, Ted Crosby thought it was equivalent to the 16.  I don't know how the 13 compares to either.
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> Maysome someone with a 13 or 11 can comment on performance.
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> Thanks. 73, Scott WA9WFA (whose last project was a 1927 Self Excited MOPA Transmitter w/17 QSO's)
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