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Old October 14th 06, 12:19 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
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Default HAMMARLUND SP-400 Receiver


Richard Knoppow wrote:
I've never seen an SP-400-SX, there certainly was an
SP-200 with this coverage. It differed from the others in
having shunt-fed RF plate coils rather than series fed. This
resulted in somewhat sharper tuning of the RF stages and
lower image response. I am not sure if the same arrangement
was used for either SP-400 models. These are still very
respectable receivers.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA


There's a 400-SX on ebay right now. As a major Hammarlund fan, I'm
tempted, but only mildly. It's been considerably modified, and by the
time packing fees and shipping are added to the BIN figure or something
close to it, we're in SP-600 territory. It's at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1.