[HBR] Blog post about HBR receivers

[Dave And Merrijoy]

It's been too long since I built...I have got to change that.!!!!!
Dave w9ocm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kees & Sandy" <windy10605 at juno.com>
To: <hbr at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [HBR] Blog post about HBR receivers


> Yes, that's another point ....it smells right as those tubes heat up and a 
> good warm transformer.....ahhhhh.
> It was one of the times that a kid could build a radio, have it come to 
> life (several of my early homebrew projects "didn't work exactly right"), 
> and then impress everyone with the storebought rigs with it's 
> performance.....because it WAS equal to of better than what they were 
> using. It was one of the homebrew projects that you didn't build and put 
> on the shelf ....you actually used it and with pleasure. Great design 
> point !
> 73 Kees K5BCQ
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
> To: "HBR Receiver List" <hbr at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [HBR] Blog post about HBR receivers
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:51:45 -0600
>
> Lee's words were very well constructed, and as in the HBR's, his design
> worked admirably.
>
> My old HBR-11 is not much for "pretty", but is absolutely FUN to play 
> with,
> and represents those halcyon daze of youth and yesteryear, when an 
> ordinary
> kid could actually MAKE something that was in the Big Leagues for
> performance.  I guess if you didn't grow up with National ACN dials, and
> such esoteric adventures as coil-winding, you really do NOT understand..
> that as in many things in life - the joy comes from surviving the pain, 
> and
> succeeding in the face of adversity.
>
> My '11 will still provide READABLE CW on 75m, at .045uv... that's Point Oh
> Four Five microvolts, in case he missed that....  Pretty doggone good.
>
> Besides, it's SMELLS right.
>
> Tom - W0EAJ
>
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