[Johnson] Re: Johnson Digest, WANTED

[peter markavage]

Quote Ken - Doesn't the X suffix indicate "crystal filter"...at least 
for these receivers?

For the receivers you mentioned, Yes. The 170 and 180 had "Passband
tuning" and no crystal filter.

As Ken point out, this continued dialogue doesn't belong on this
reflector. We can always hash it out on the Hammarlund or Boatanchor
reflectors.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:16:21 -0500 "Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL"
<kgrimm at adelphia.net> writes:
> Avery Comarow wrote:
> > 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
> 
> I'm reluctant to get into this since it really belongs on the 
> Hammarlund 
> reflector, but how about the HQ-129X and HQ-140X?  Neither of these 
> two 
> "X" suffix receivers has provision for fixed crystal frequency 
> operation.  Doesn't the X suffix indicate "crystal filter"...at 
> least 
> for these receivers?
> 
> -- 
> Ken K4XL
> k4xl at arrl.net