[Lafayette] Fw: Recommendation needed, please

[Glen Zook via Lafayette]

According to the fellow who was given the AX-190 / SX-190 project when Tandy (Radio Shack) bought out Allied Radio, those receivers were built by Trio / Kenwood.  Both receivers were sold, after the acquisition, under the Radio Shack "Realistic" brand.  I have had both examples of the AX-190 and still have the Realistic AX-190.  The Allied Radio version had the old, basically "pressed paper" circuit boards and the Realistic version had glass / expoxy circuit boards.  The "layout" was exactly the same.  However, the Realistic versions have the better boards.

The original plan was to have a matching transmitter for the AX-190.  The jacks for the BFO, VFO, and heterodyne oscillator connections are present in the AX-190 receivers just like the Heath SB-300, SB-301, and SB-303.  However, it was not long after Tandy acquired Allied Radio that the plans for the transmitter were dropped.

The Allied Radio stores, that were in competition with the Radio Shack stores were either closed or became Radio Shack stores.  The electronics parts division, because of charges by the United States Justice Department for being a possible monopoly, were sold and became the Allied Electronics outlets of today.

I can't remember his call, but the fellow came over to my house (in Richardson, Texas, on the north side of Dallas - Tandy is in Fort Worth) to complete a trade.  He saw my AX-190 and told me the history of the matching transmitter.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


On Sunday, June 8, 2014 7:45 PM, Ron via Lafayette <lafayette at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
 


Hi Bob. I am very fond of the HE-80 radios since this was my first 'real' receiver I purchased as a youth. I guess it just seemed so much more advanced than the Halli S-120 I also purchased new as a youngster. I now have 4 HE-80s. I also have 2 HA-225s.
Although both were made by Trio, I can't explain the HE versus HA nomenclature.
The difference between the HE-80 and HA-225 is the coverage, of course.The HA-225 covers .15 - .40 MHz where the HE-80 covers the BC band. Both cover 6 Meters.
I lack only the HE-10 for my collection, but the price is WAY out of line, in my opinion. ha ha
Back when I was a teen, I had the HE-80 and my neighbor had the KT-200 which is a kit HE-10. The radio is pretty simple and the tuning coils, etc came as a pre assembled sub-assembly. The HE-30 is basically the same as the HE-10, just a different chassis layout. It's kit version is the KT-320.
I've reviewed most of these radios on eHam....-
Don't forget the Allied A2515 (solid state) and SX-190 (made by GRE).....
Which ever radio you decide on, you will need to replace ALL the paper caps under the chassis (tube models). The PS cap(s), might still be OK, but I have never found a single paper cap (bypass / coupling) in these radios, from this time frame that wasn't horribly leaky. Sometimes you will find one of these radios cheap because the .005 uf caps across the AC line at the transformer have exploded. Most of the radios I have seen, one or both of these caps are in pieces......

ron
N4UE
 



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Jackson <bob145 at suddenlink.net>
To: lafayette <lafayette at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Jun 8, 2014 7:15 pm
Subject: [Lafayette] Fw: Recommendation needed, please


I'm looking to add a tube-type Lafayette receiver to my group of SWL 
radios. What would be your suggestion for a "band cruiser" set? I've been 
looking at the HA/HE series including the '225, '80, '30, etc.
 
BTW - Can someone tell me the main differences between the HA and HE series 
of sets?
 
Thanks and 73 to all,
 
Bob  
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