[Lafayette] Activity??

[Peter Markavage]

I sold them for 20 plus years (was Lafayette's longest part-time person)
and also did much of the NJ service on all their house branded stuff.
Still have many of the service parts and probably one of the largest
collections of original Lafayette manuals that still exists today.. The
majority of the short wave/amateur receivers were designed by Trio so you
wouldn't see many differences in typical design layouts. Most of the
solid-state stuff was designed and manufactured by other vendors. The
HA-350 was one exception in their design strategy. This came around the
time of mixer front ends, no RF stage, and pre-selector front panel
adjustments. It also was touted as "wow, for using a mechanical filter.
The mechanical filter was also sold separately anywhere from $7.95 and,
at the end of its life-cycle, $3.95. Even had instructions on how to
replace your 1st IF can with one of these filters. Cost to manufacture
this "impressive" mechanical filter was a whopping $1.38.

As I type, I'm listening to a Lafayette quad 8-track tape player playing
through my 70's Lafayette 4 channel receiver.

Having had to repair many kit version (KT-320's) of the HE-30, you would
be amazed how many different ways "kit builders" could screw up an
assembly even with the assembly instructions in front of them.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:27:05 -0700 "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
writes:
> Right now I am looking at a HA-225 becasue the price is tright. I 
> have been
> watching some HE-30s and the kit version.
> 
> I have downloaded many of the manuals (or whatever) from BAMA. It 
> seems to
> me that most of the tube units are from the same generic design. 
> The
> differences are in the cosmetics.
> 
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa,
> "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of radio equipment made by Lafayette"
> <lafayette at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Lafayette] Activity??
> 
> 
> > OK
> >
> > What do you want to talk about?  I have a HA 600A here. Solid 
> state design
> > and one of only two Lafayette receivers that came with mechanical 
> filters.
> > The other is the HA 350 which I had years ago but found it very 
> hard of
> > hearing.  The HA 600A has good sensitivity but doesn't get much 
> use here.
> > Another Lafayette product I have is the 455 khz BFO in a box. Runs 
> off a
> > single 9v battery.
> > I've fixed a few of the Lafayette receivers and found them to be a 
> pain in
> > the uknow what due to the parts they used.  Pretty flimsy but 
> repairable.
> > 73's
> > Greg
> > WA7LYO
> > Kinston NC
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> > To: <lafayette at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:42 PM
> > Subject: [Lafayette] Activity??
> >
> >
> > Is ther any activity on this list?
> >
> > I would like to see a discussion about Lafayette recievers.
> >
> > Bob Macklin
> > K5MYJ
> > Seattle, Wa,
> > "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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