[Heathkit] Re: Heathkit HX-10 "Marauder" and matching Receiver "Mohawk"

[Larry Knapp]

Regardless of the controversy....the Heathkit Mohawk, the RX-1, is the
companion receiver Heath marketed for the Apache and the Marauder.  It was
their top of the line receiver from 1958-1964.

Marketing years:
Apache TX-1:     1958-1964
Mohawk RX-1:     1958-1964
Marauder HX-10:  1962-1965

Best to all....73 Larry KC8JX
One of the x-Hams at Heathkit
Owner of a HX-10 and RX-1

--- Glen Zook <gzook@yahoo.com> wrote:
The Mohawk was also sold to be used with the XC-6 and XC-2 6 meter and 2 meter
converters to be compatible with the Seneca (VHF-1) that was styled in the same
manner as the Mohawk but was a fair bit smaller.
 
The Mohawk was a "satisfactory" SSB receiver back in the late 1950s and early
1960s.  It definitely does not compare with later receivers that work very well
on SSB but are marginal on AM.  When it came out, the "problems" were not
"problems" because amateur radio operators did not have better receivers with
which to compare the Mohawk.
 
The fact that the Marauder functions better on SSB than the Mohawk really
doesn't affect the fact that Heath marketed the receiver to be used with both
the Apache and Marauder.  The Mohawk was basically a 1957 design that was
marketed starting in 1958 as was the Apache.  The Marauder was basically a 1961
design which is 4 years newer.  However, the Mohawk remained the "top of the
line" receiver until the introduction of the SB-300 in the mid-1960s.
 
Therefore, I still maintain that the Mohawk was the "matching" receiver for the
Marauder.  This is due to the styling, the fact that it did have a product
detector in it, and the fact that Heath advertised it referring to the
Marauder.
 
You disagree, and that is certainly your privilege. But, considering that
starting with the Apache / Mohawk series that Heath provided a matching
transmitter and receiver for their "top of the line" amateur radio equipment, I
still believe that the Mohawk was "the" receiver that was sold to be used
with the Marauder and therefore is the "matching" receiver.
 
Glen, K9STH
 
--- Greg Mijal <bluebirdtele@earthlink.net> wrote:
Glen you might remember that the  Heathkit Ads say "styled to match the
Marauder and Apache" I agree. When you say sold as the matching receiver, I
disagree, the Marauder covers 80 - 10.  The Mohawk covers 160 - 10. So I gotta
say ok in an appearance way but not in performance.  Moreover the Marauder
acts like a sweet "band cruiser" and the unmodified Mohawk has problems in a
couple of areas that are well known. In my mind the two are very much different
but it is all under the hood.


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