On 02/01/2016 01:54 PM, analogdial wrote:
philo wrote:





I tried stagger tuning the IF transformers for wider bandwidth but that
hurt the sensitivity on wide and nearly killed it on narrow.

The damn thing was built to last. There's only one
paper capacitor, in the power supply filter. 8 ufd of
paper in a sealed steel can, if i recall. It's huge. I checked mine
for leakage and it was still no worse than an equivelant electrolytic,
so I left it alone. There's also one electrolytic (also in steel, looks
like an oil and paper, mine was no good) for the cathode bypass in the
audio amp. Everything else is silver mica. The resistors checked out
100%. Didn't look like any under chassis work had ever been
done on the radio. Amazing.

It has a really nice zero backlash gear drive. Probably the nicest
thing about the radio.





I never had any Hallicrafters receivers but did once own an HT-32
transmitter. About the only piece of Ham gear I have left is a mint
condition HQ-140-X in completely original condition

On 2/1/2016 7:19 PM, philo wrote:
On 02/01/2016 01:54 PM, analogdial wrote:
philo wrote:





I tried stagger tuning the IF transformers for wider bandwidth but that
hurt the sensitivity on wide and nearly killed it on narrow.

The damn thing was built to last. There's only one
paper capacitor, in the power supply filter. 8 ufd of
paper in a sealed steel can, if i recall. It's huge. I checked mine
for leakage and it was still no worse than an equivelant electrolytic,
so I left it alone. There's also one electrolytic (also in steel, looks
like an oil and paper, mine was no good) for the cathode bypass in the
audio amp. Everything else is silver mica. The resistors checked out
100%. Didn't look like any under chassis work had ever been
done on the radio. Amazing.

It has a really nice zero backlash gear drive. Probably the nicest
thing about the radio.





I never had any Hallicrafters receivers but did once own an HT-32
transmitter. About the only piece of Ham gear I have left is a mint
condition HQ-140-X in completely original condition


My first receiver was a Hallicrafters SX-43. Paired with a Knight-Kit
T-60, I'd love to have both back again.

I've had a lot of fun in as a ham in the last 48 years, but I don't
think anything will compare with the QSO's I made as a novice with a
crystal rig and dipole.

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Jerry, AI0K

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On 02/01/2016 06:50 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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I never had any Hallicrafters receivers but did once own an HT-32
transmitter. About the only piece of Ham gear I have left is a mint
condition HQ-140-X in completely original condition


My first receiver was a Hallicrafters SX-43. Paired with a Knight-Kit
T-60, I'd love to have both back again.

I've had a lot of fun in as a ham in the last 48 years, but I don't
think anything will compare with the QSO's I made as a novice with a
crystal rig and dipole.




Yep, those were the days.

I started out wit an HQ-110 rcvr and a Johnson Adventurer xmtr . I will
never forget the 6AG7 to 807 combo.

When I got my General ticket I added a slightly drift Knight Kit V-100
VFO and a homebrew cathode modulator.

The cathode modulator plugged into the key jack and was made from all
junk box parts. It was no where near as good as a plate modulator but I
liked it better then screen grid modulation. I think input power was 25
watts max but I did manage to get out just a bit.

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

I've had a lot of fun in as a ham in the last 48 years, but I don't
think anything will compare with the QSO's I made as a novice with a
crystal rig and dipole.

Well, for God's sake, put down $20, build a Tuna Tin Two, and get on the air
again!

I am running 5W with a homebrew compactron-based VFO and having a blast.
--scott


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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 2/2/2016 10:24 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Jerry Stuckle wrote:

I've had a lot of fun in as a ham in the last 48 years, but I don't
think anything will compare with the QSO's I made as a novice with a
crystal rig and dipole.

Well, for God's sake, put down $20, build a Tuna Tin Two, and get on the air
again!

I am running 5W with a homebrew compactron-based VFO and having a blast.
--scott



I still enjoy CW - but nothing will ever compare to the excitement of
those first contacts as a novice, even if I had my old Hallicrafters
SX-43 and Knight-kit T-60 back again!

I made a lot of QSO's with a 40M dipole stretched across my parents back
yard. Only about 15' above ground, but it worked. I've had better
antennas which got farther and had better signal reports. But none
worked as well as that dipole!

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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry, AI0K

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On 02/02/2016 09:56 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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I still enjoy CW - but nothing will ever compare to the excitement of
those first contacts as a novice, even if I had my old Hallicrafters
SX-43 and Knight-kit T-60 back again!

I made a lot of QSO's with a 40M dipole stretched across my parents back
yard. Only about 15' above ground, but it worked. I've had better
antennas which got farther and had better signal reports. But none
worked as well as that dipole!




One of my best contacts was working Ascension Island (from Wisconsin) on
40 meter CW with a wire vertical. I was running 50 watts.


Eventually I put up a beam, but was anxious to use it and worked South
Africa with it on the tripod just 3 or 4 feet off the ground