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

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:31:30 -0500

To each their own, but I always thought along the same lines as you, Mark.
Another example is the HG-10B VFO, which I consider to match the
DX-60B/HR-10B and the HW-16...even though it also covered 6 & 2 meters,
which it's "mates" did not.

73,
Tom
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Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Re: Heathkit HX-10 "Marauder" and matching Receiver
"Mohawk"

> Absolutely!  Heck, they have
> transceivers with general coverage receivers
> and the transmitter section only covers the ham bands,
> so would it a unmatched transceiver? I think the issue is
> in mainly with styling and general compatibility.
>
> Mark  WB8JKR
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:57:57 -0400 Peter Markavage <[email protected]>
> writes:
> > Someone post the "matching receiver and transmitter" Kenwood Twins
> > R-599/T599 series earlier. The Twins were advertised as matching,
> > although as pointed out, the receiver covered 160 and the
> > transmitter did
> > not. This was true of the three generations of Twins models.
> > (R599/T599,
> > R599A/T599A, R599D/T599D). Size, cabinet color, front panel color,
> > and
> > general positioning of controls of each set of Twins, remained
> > relatively
> > constant, with each iteration of models. The operating manuals of
> > both in
> > each series, defined a matching cable so that both receiver and
> > transmitter could be integrated to form, either a transceiver
> > operation,
> > or without the cable, a separate standalone operation. Although to
> > some,
> > "matching receiver and transmitter" means 100% integration of both,
> > for
> > many of us, "matching receiver and transmitter" means the physical,
> > cosmetic, and band coverage differences between the two are minimal.
> >
> > Pete, WA2CWA
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:35:36 -0700 "Greg Mijal"
> > <[email protected]> writes:
> > > This is my last comment concerning the Marauder/Mohawk stuff.
> > > I stand by my original statement: There is no matching receiver
> > for
> > > the
> > > Marauder.
> > > So much that I did a little more digging into this before someone
> > > decides
> > > they want to re-write a tiny bit of American manufacturing
> > history.
> > > "Matching receiver and transmitter"  generally means to a ham that
> >
> > > both
> > > units will have the same frequency and mode coverage. There
> > doesn't
> > > seem to
> > > be a redefinition of the phrase from the 50's to now.
> > > Mohawk/Marauder band coverage do not "match"
> > > Documentation: "Matching receiver and transmitter" generally means
> >
> > > to a ham
> > > that the receiver manual will discuss the integration of the
> > > transmitter
> > > into the "matching" system and vice vesa. There doesn't seem to be
> >
> > > any
> > > changes to that expectation either.
> > > I went looking thru my Xerox copy of the HX 10 manual and cannot
> > > find a
> > > reference to the Mohawk or any other specific receiver. If someone
> >
> > > does
> > > please let me know, I am missing a couple of pages to the manual.
> > >  I think Heathkit marketed the Marauder as whatever you wanted to
> > > think it
> > > was,  they wanted it both ways,  as a stand alone transmitter kit
> >
> > > and as a
> > > "match" for the Mohawk.  They got a visual match ok but the
> > coverage
> > > and the
> > > manual say otherwise.
> > > If I have pissed someone off, I'm glad really. Maybe this will
> > > rekindle
> > > people's interest in a far superior Heathkit product and get them
> > > out of the
> > > closet (the radio's I mean). Also, we can all use our brains and
> > get
> > > to the
> > > truth of the matter and not just accept whatever is written or
> > > spoken by our
> > > Elmers.
> > > Thank you all for letting me put in my ten cents worth. And now
> > snip
> > > away my
> > > part of this thread.
> > > 73's
> > > Greg
> > > WA7LYO
> > > in sunny Feenix
> >
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