Are there any significant differences between the Hammarlund 170 / 170A
and 180 / 180A besides the fact that the former is ham bands only and the
latter is general coverage?

"Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)" wrote in
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Are there any significant differences between the
Hammarlund 170 / 170A
and 180 / 180A besides the fact that the former is ham
bands only and the
latter is general coverage?

There are manuals for the HQ-170, HQ-170A, and HQ-180
on the BAMA site and its mirror. The mirror is better
because the original site is limited to ten users at a time
and is sometimes hard to download from.

http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/hammarlu/


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

I think the HQ-170 is an HQ-110 plus the HC-10 tunable if. The HQ-180 came
out later and I suspect had overall improvements and may have been designed
more from the ground up.

The HQ-170 plays like a $200 radio with a great tunable if. The HQ-180
plays like a $400 radio.

But, these are just my opinion - totally subjective. Hope I do not hurt any
HQ-170 fans' feelings.

73, Colin K7FM

The HQ-180 has recently gone for $655 and as high as $1725 on
eBay...Hope it plays as good as that!

....just my two cents..
Bill


COLIN LAMB wrote:
I think the HQ-170 is an HQ-110 plus the HC-10 tunable if. The HQ-180 came
out later and I suspect had overall improvements and may have been designed
more from the ground up.

The HQ-170 plays like a $200 radio with a great tunable if. The HQ-180
plays like a $400 radio.

But, these are just my opinion - totally subjective. Hope I do not hurt any
HQ-170 fans' feelings.

73, Colin K7FM

On Apr 28, 10:36 am, Bill wrote:
The HQ-180 has recently gone for $655 and as high as $1725 on
eBay...Hope it plays as good as that!

...just my two cents..
Bill



COLIN LAMB wrote:
I think the HQ-170 is an HQ-110 plus the HC-10 tunable if. The HQ-180 came
out later and I suspect had overall improvements and may have been designed
more from the ground up.

The HQ-170 plays like a $200 radio with a great tunable if. The HQ-180
plays like a $400 radio.

But, these are just my opinion - totally subjective. Hope I do not hurt any
HQ-170 fans' feelings.

73, Colin K7FM- Hide quoted text -

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Well I have had my HQ-170 for a while now. I restored one that I
bought on Ebay for about $200 including shipping. A local ham had a
parts HQ-170A unit that I purchased from him. The HQ-170A has a flip
top cabinet that allows you to access the tubes and everything on top
of the chassis. I believe the HQ-170A has a solid state replacement
for the 5U4GB power supply rectifier tube. There are some other
differences in some of the connections on the rear panel. Seems like
you can pickup a HQ-170 for a decent price. The HQ-170A VHF models
command a pretty high price. The HQ-180's seem to be worth their
weight in gold as Bill noted in his message, I also saw the one on
Ebay go for $1700+ recently. The only recommendation I would have is
to expect to have to do a complete alignment to the receiver and
replace C82, the 4 section electrolytic. This alignment can be kinda
tricky and you will need to have an accurate 60 KHz signal generator
to get the 60 KHz IF's aligned correctly. I am real happy with my
HQ-170. I use it mainly on AM on 75 meters with my Johnson Ranger
transmitter. 73 de Randy, WB5KCM

Funny thing..... If I had one that nice, I don't think I'd sell it, even
for over $1k. If the sale is legit, I can only assume that the buyer
once had one and is willing to go to any end to replicate his/her early
station. And/Or... it could be one of several persons-of-means that are
in this hobby that price is never an obstacle.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:36:34 -0400, Bill wrote:

The HQ-180 has recently gone for $655 and as high as $1725 on
eBay...Hope it plays as good as that!

All of them have been going for from $400 to $700 over the time that I
have been watching (last couple of months). Then we have ONE of them that
goes for $1700++? Doesn't that look a little suspicious to you guys?

Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T) wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:36:34 -0400, Bill wrote:

The HQ-180 has recently gone for $655 and as high as $1725 on
eBay...Hope it plays as good as that!

All of them have been going for from $400 to $700 over the time that I
have been watching (last couple of months). Then we have ONE of them that
goes for $1700++? Doesn't that look a little suspicious to you guys?

On that one auction (270110127334), looks like bidder #3 wanted it
badly...bid a number of times, topping over his previous bids while no
one else even outbid him. Bidder number 5 may have been a shill but it
was already up to $1670 when #5 popped it only $30 more. Then #3 kept
increasing it higher over his previous bid. Nope...I think the seller
got real lucky on this one.

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:41:19 -0400, "Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)"
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:36:34 -0400, Bill wrote:

The HQ-180 has recently gone for $655 and as high as $1725 on
eBay...Hope it plays as good as that!

All of them have been going for from $400 to $700 over the time that I
have been watching (last couple of months). Then we have ONE of them that
goes for $1700++? Doesn't that look a little suspicious to you guys?

Everything is worth only what someone else is willing to pay for it.

The HQ-180 sold new for $429 in 1959. In today's dollars, that would
be $2,993. From that perspective, and the fact that the HQ-180 is a
desireable collectable, $1,725 seems like a bargain.

Dick - W6CCD

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:37:36 -0400, Bill wrote:

On that one auction (270110127334), looks like bidder #3 wanted it
badly...bid a number of times, topping over his previous bids while no
one else even outbid him. Bidder number 5 may have been a shill but it
was already up to $1670 when #5 popped it only $30 more. Then #3 kept
increasing it higher over his previous bid. Nope...I think the seller
got real lucky on this one.

Unless bidder #3 was the shill, and had no idea what he was doing...

I would be amazed beyond belief if the sale actually goes through and the
radio actually changes hands at that price.