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junius wrote:
Mark S. Holden wrote:


Transportable AOR ar7030+ (custom case/power/antenna system)


I'm guessing that this is *quite* a nice set-up indeed! do you do a
lot of dxpeditioning?

junius


Nothing so formal as that -

I take it on camping trips and vacations, and I'll often use it close to
home when I'm going to be imaging with my telescope.

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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:40:58 -0600, wrote:

Like there aren't any murders and Detectives on the Job in your State?
cuhulin

It's a wonderful movie. Lyle Lovett plays a pervert.

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Best tabletop: Drake R8B

Coming in a close second: AOR 7030+

Honorable mention: Lowe HF-150

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An elderly guy who lives down the street from me was in the 149th Signal
Company (U.S.Army) in World War Two in Europe.Another guy in
Hattiesburg,he is about 74 years old,was at Kagnew Station in Africa.
www.kagnewstation.com He worked in radio at Kagnew
Station,decyphering radio signals.
cuhulin

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Every once in a while,when I am watching old,old War Movies,I see some
Hallicrafters Radios with the big H on them,sometimes there is a
seperate speaker with the big H on the speaker.
cuhulin

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rpbc wrote:

Carter.. My uncle was in the signal corps during WWII. I acquired
his Hallicrafters which had 13 tubes, I believe, and did have two
6V6s in the push/pull audio output....

SX-28 and its variants had 15 tubes I believe but I don't know the
Hallicrafters line well enough to know if there was a 13 tube set or
not. Do a web search on SX-28s and it will bring up some hits that have
pictures so you can see if the 28 was your uncle's set.

and the 12inch speaker in the separater metal cabinet with a big H
across the grill.

Yup, the PM-23 speaker---some had the "h", some did not; presumably the
one "with" is more valuable.

Had crystal phasing, bfo, great bandspread tuning, an 'S' meter...
all kinds of stuff to increase selectivity. It received weak signals
and more importantly, could select them from strong adjacent
stations.

Definitely a nice set, the top dog in its day. However, only a single
conversion radio--images get to be a bit of a problem above 14 Mc/s.

I've aften wanted to compare it side by side with a modern digital
set. Maybe my memory of it is better than it actually was, but I
don't know.

Well, my credo is "I've used old and I've used new, and believe me, new
is better". grin Technology *has* improved in the last 50 or 60
years. However, for styling, romance, nostalgia and just plain fun, you
can't beat some of the old timers.

It was really versatile at receiving and selecting a station from a
crowded location on a band. It sure was heavy.

75 pounds (!) *plus* maybe another 20 or so for the speaker.


Wish I still had it, great looking piece of hardware from time gone
by. I'd rebuild now that I appreciate it, and have the know how.

Good luck...the 28 can be a pretty tough rebuild to do it right. Again,
look on the web for the trials and tribulations of a guy that documented
his 28 rebuild.

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rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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dxAce wrote:

rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

dxAce
Michigan
USA




Set the politeness in your manners...





mike