On Nov 8, 6:29*am, Billy Burpelson
Sure you could...didn't say you couldn't. DX'ing is a -combination- of
equipment, propagation, skill and luck.

Oh, OK. I thought you were saying with those pieces it'd be almost
impossible if not impossible. Those really are neat IMO - at least to
me it is just something to pull in a pretty good faraway signal on a
older piece. Maybe to me it is the challenge of cleaning up the signal
with all the knobs and switches/filtering etc. Would I love to have a
Drake like Steve and some of you guys, you bet I would. I could go out
and get one but there are more pressing things now. That Hammarlund
129X and my 140X are just incredible and sound incredible on the BCB
and with the Multiplier it really cleans them up on the 60 meter band.

However, I interpreted your post
as mainly asking about the characteristics of a regen. A regen will
(can) work, but there are better tools out there.

Oh sure, I know there is. :-)


BTW, nice URL you gave showing the old radios the guy had for sale. He
does beautiful work, but at $250 for his "fancy" regen, a little pricey.
With basic soldering skills and just a slight bit of
mechanical/construction skills, you could -easily- duplicate it for half
the price. If you wanted an even simpler regen just to experiment and
play with, you could home brew it for 25 or 30 bucks.

I know, but I have a little problem with my left arm, nothing huge but
I have some permanent nerve damage in that arm that goes down to my
hand and with me being predominately left handed my soldering days are
all but gone. I remember when I used to tinker around but it is just a
tad too much for ole' lefty. ;-) I hate having to pay or pay extra to
have something done I used to be able to do but that's OK. I have got
to meet some great people via this group and other boards that have
sold me some nice radios (Brenda Ann and some others) or done some
work for me that I just can't do.


Well, kinda sorta 'comparable', but not really. 'Comparable' only in the
sense that the Heath Q- mult works on the principle of regeneration;
however, the Hammarlund is still a superhet with all its inherent
advantages over a regen.

I know what you mean what I am saying is I am familiar with the regen
part of it all and how to operate it.
As for you antenna response I copy that.