Thanks Joe. Only amateur bands? That kinda sucks. Good thing I have
others. I doubt I'll restore it. I have literally over 100 odd shortwave
radios and after I buy them and play with them for a while they just sit and
collect dust. I call them my "retirement fund" I'll probably put most of
them up on ebay in 10 years or so and be accused of being a "capitalist pig"
LOL



"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear Jim,

"JTaylor" wrote in his reply to you that you should put "gloat" in the
title! THAT is an UNDERSTATEMENT regarding the price you paid for a
Hammarlund HQ-170! This radio is their top-of-the line ham-band only
radio of the time (early '60s). The general coverage equivalent is the
HQ-180 (for which I positively "LUSTED" when I was young; the '180 sold
for $429 in 1962; that was the price of a good used CAR!). The radio is
an absolute classic and I should recommend you inquire about having it
restored to like-new condition (when finances allow). While it picks up
only the amateur bands, you will not find a radio that does so any
better. These radios are the only "boat-anchors" which remain
competitive today.

It's a triple-conversion radio and it was made for several years
starting, I believe, around 1960.

Your radio sold for $359 in 1962, $369 if it is equipped with a clock.
Hammarlund made a matching speaker, the S-200, which sold for $19.95 at
that time. (I checked all this out in my 1962 Lafayette catalog. I
couldn't afford a Hammarlund, so I bought a Lafayette HE-10 [$79.95]
and its associated speaker, the HE-11 [$7.95]. I also bought a pair of
Clevite "Brush" BA-200 headphones [$14.70]. I still have all of them!
They still work as well as they did when new [and those headphones are
still as uncomfortable as they were when new!]. The only "servicing"
the radio has required over the years is a few tube replacements. Five
or six times a year I "fire it up" for old-time's sake.)

While I personally do not collect old radios, I envy you owning this
particular one and I wish you the best of luck with it!

Joe