[Johnson] Re: Johnson Digest, WANTED

[peter markavage]

Avery & all:
Let me clarify. Hammarlund made a  Fixed Frequency Crystal Oscillator
Field Installation Kit, Part # 9211-00-00002 and was designed to work
with the HQ-145, -170 and -180 series receivers. His request  was for a
170AX and there was no production of a 170AX that I can find. And from
the Field Installation kits that I remember seeing years ago, there was
no label included that you affixed to the receiver to identify a new
"add-on"/suffix. I doubt you're going to find a receiver out there
labeled HQ-170AX. The only production variations from a list that came
from Hammarlund, that made it to the consumer market from the factory,
were 170, 170C, 170A, 170AC, 170A-VHF, and 170AC-VHF. Did some 170's slip
out with the fixed frequency crystal oscillator in place of the clock
already installed; maybe, but Hammarlund never provided any ordering code
for retail stores to use to get this variation. However, the 180AX and
180XE were orderable codes.

Pete, wa2cwa
ps I'm not sure we're talking about this on the Johnson reflector.

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:30:58 -0500 Avery Comarow <acomarow at usnews.com>
writes:
> Pete's right according to my bible, Fred Osterman's "Shortwave 
> Receivers 
> Past and Present." The HQ-180A, on the other hand, did come in an AX 
> 
> version but not VHF, says Fred. I guess Hammarlund's reasoning was 
> that 
> hams would be more likely to want VHF capabilities and SWLs would 
> want the 
> ability to switch to a fixed frequency and wouldn't care as much 
> about VHF.
> 
> Avery W3AVE
> Potomac, Md.
> 
> At 12:20 PM 2/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hammarlund used the suffix "X"  to denote fixed crystal positions 
> in the
> >receiver. As far as I can tell, Hammarlund never offered that on 
> the 170
> >series.
> >Pete, wa2cwa
> >
> >On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:22:50 -0500 " C R E Strachan"
> ><c6aniportnelson at batelnet.bs> writes:
> > > Looking for a fully functional rust free Hammarlund 
> HQ-170AX-VHF
> > > with
> > > matching speaker and manual for use with a Ranger 11 on 6m AM. 
> Would
> > >
> > > consider a HQ-170A-VHF and would appreciate details on the 
> unit's
> > > condition
> > > as well as info on any modifications which may have been made 
> being
> > > sent to
> > > me at c6ani at arrl.net . Would be most grateful for advice or
> > > suggestion on a
> > > suitable antenna tuner for use with the Ranger 11 on 6M; my 
> thanks.
> > > Vy 73,
> > > C6ANI
> > > Old Cold Stonecrab