I had an sx17, and a scott slrm, both very hi fi.
The problem with receivers that old is, you cant tell what frequency you
are on, the dials are very inexact.
I found both receivers very nice to listen to, the bandwidth choices
were very useable, if it gets bad enough to be a problem I turn the st
Hi Bob!
I agree, it is wide, but with good condx it sure sounds great. Real
nice for SWListening. When 40 is good daytimes it's nice for a QSO.
A proper rebuild and repaint near mint can bring big $$ for sure !!
It's a lot of work.
I miss mine and will have to someday get one going again. The
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From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
> Back in the mid 80's, as a 'Johnny Novice' (literally, still a novice)
> running 15wpm code on a Sp
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From: "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
> Yesterday I was monitoring the 20M CW contest activity.
>
> I wanted to see how well the DSP soundca
KW7V has the above for sale, the DX-100B is ad #648098 and the Collins pair is
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JT,
When I just want to listen to good quality AM I use my Hammarlund HQ-140. I
pretty much have a complete line of the HQ series and to my rather poor ear,
the 140 sounds the best. Its probably because it is in the best shape of
them all.
Just my 2 cents.
Ed, W9EJB
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NO WORRIES MATE!!!
Just glad its not me for a change. :-)
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On Feb 18, 2008 7:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What am I missing the post says "Please respond directly to me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Nothing, I am the one who needs to learn how to read. :-) My apologies.
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Contest Manager,
What am I missing the post says "Please respond directly to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
The only name and call on the post is ..ronnie- W5SUM
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On Feb 18, 2008 5:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I responded, three times, as requested not long, and I hope not too
> long, after it was posted, but alass no response. Maybe ronnie is too
> busy packin it up fer me to respond yet. THAT would make my day!!
Mike, read Ronnie
I responded, three times, as requested not long, and I hope not too
long, after it was posted, but alass no response. Maybe ronnie is too
busy packin it up fer me to respond yet. THAT would make my day!!
Mike Harrison
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I as well have an SX-42 with the matching speaker that has been 100%
restored and working. Paid way to much $$$ for it and it is really
useless on 75M at night as it is broad as a barn door but sounds better
on FM broadcast then a lot of HD FM radio's. I would not sell it if
someone put $1000 on th
D. Chester wrote:
From: Geoff/W5OMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Are you saying that Bellaire is no longer a separately incorporated
town? When I lived in Houston, it was an incorporated town on its own,
with its own city council, police force and its own city ordinances ,
but located completely wi
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED. A HAMMURLAND HQ 180 ON THIS LIST FOR 275 A GOOD PRICE
AND A GREAT TRIPPLE CONVERSION RADIO LOADED WITH FEATURES. I HAD ONE AND IT IS
A GREAT RADIO.
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JT,
This is somewhat of a teaser for you but I have two SX42s in my
storage. Each had been in use untill developing the usual bad coupling
cap problems then they were retired till I could get around to
servicing. I moved shortly after and they are still in another storage.
If I had not lost th
It is fine to reply on list to and ad when the sellers address is
bouncing direct messages. But mention the ad, not repeat all of it, and
that you are trying to contact the person.
Jim/W5JO
Moderator
I did respond to an ad on-list the other day when my direct reply
bounced and I was trying
Don indeed seems to be a great guy, I have some books on the way from him.
I tell ya though, you have to be real quick. I emailed him within 10
minutes of his SP-400 posting and it was already sold. Man! That
would have been a nice rig for me.. back to looking.
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JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchest
To prove you had a license prior to October 1987 you will have to have a
copy of your original ticket.
I tried to get a copy of mine and I was told it would take over 3 months to
find if it could be found. All the paper records have been put in a
warehouse and are not easily accessible. If you are
Pete, wa2cwa comments:
" Some need an incentive. Having a few extra frequencies to me isn't much of
an incentive."
That's the way I felt about it. It did not seem worth the trouble for the
small Extra space that only seemed to be active during contests.
No I have been hearing about the East Coas
That's mighty good advice, Jim. Your reasoning on the content of the
present exam is also right on, as usual. I have a friend who is a member of
the question pool team and he says since the rigs and modes change so
quickly in today's digital world it is very difficult to compose a pool of
questio
I'm posting this for another local ham. He has a FINE HQ180 he wants to part
with. Has clock, which works. cosmetics about an 8. Was recently retubed and
aligned. NO SPEAKER or manual. You can download the manual several places.
$275 plus shipping and insurance from 71118. Packaging will be doub
Phil LaMarche wrote:
AND some one who's license is 59 years and the brain of a 69 year old
that
doesn't work like it did, should be grandfathered in.
Not to sound 'age discriminatory' or anything, but haven't we 'given
away' enough, already?
-Geoff/W5OMR
IIRC, in the pre-incentive licensing
Don k4kyv comments:
"I have heard Generals and Extras boast over the air about how they passed
the test but don't have a clue about the actual test topics. I fail to
understand why anyone would take pride in his or her ignorance."
I have met some of those people. And the ones I did meet had abso
Some need an incentive. Having a few extra frequencies to me isn't much
of an incentive.
As far as "'dumbed-down' mind-set of the so-called 'ham' of today", you
have to start somewhere. Six ham acquaintances of mine have bit the final
bullet since December. As our current ham population ages and d
The FCC already rejected this petition several years ago.
Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com
> Phil LaMarche wrote:
> > AND some one who's license is 59 years and the brain of a 69 year
> old that
> > doesn't work like it did, should be grandfathered in.
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On Feb 18, 2008 12:31 PM, D. Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hope to continue to see Don's and Brian's f/s ads on this list. They seem
> to have the ability to regularly dig up stuff that I have been looking for
> over a long period of time without success. In recent years, I seem to be
>
From: Geoff/W5OMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I also remember, back in the 'glory days' of 7.160, when brother
Noel/W5FAO was on the air in Waco, Mil/K5LKM was in Columbus and Ken
Smith, W5FLV was on the air in Bellaire, TX. Back then, Bellaire was
South and East of Houston, between downtown Houston
Bob Macklin wrote:
> The only thing wrong with 7160 is it requires an Advanced or Extra
> ticket.
What's stopping you from upgrading?
I did but there are other people that can't memorize 700 questions!
Bob Macklin > K5MYJ
Well, to put it bluntly, they wouldn't need to memorise 700 que
I'm pretty sure almost NONE of the contest CW was copied by computer...at least
none of the serious, and semi-serious ops. The "wet computer" is still the #1
tool of contesters.
John K5MO
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I'm pretty sure almost NONE of the contest CW was copied by computer...at least
none of the serious, and semi-serious ops. The "wet computer" is still the #1
tool of contesters.
John K5MO
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Just a quick note - I've been doing business with Don Merz since the mid
90s - I've bought a huge amount of Stuff from him, including over 2/3 of
my Boatanchor station - with never a hint of a problem... in fact I have
an "order pending" now...
That's my 200 millidollar...
Cheers
Don, did you not see the message I posted last night at 9:40 PM? If you
missed it, here it is repeated. Both Brian and I send personal messages
to you about this a couple of days back. You have not responded to
those, so I am repeating it.
Please read it and follow the directions. Ladies and
That is not necessarily so. If you wanted a ticket you would have done what
was needed to pass the exam. If it was essay and drawing schematics you
would have learned that. Now it is multiple choice questions. So you study
the multiple choice questions. That seems to be the trend in most
educat
Ladies and Gentlemen let me remind you, if you run an ad for anything,
put your contact information in the ad and ask that anyone who responds
to your ad to contact you off list.
This will help keep the archives size down which saves space and
everyone won't have to wade through messages that do
Just moaning!
Moaning is ok, but lets be respectful to all those who are licensed no
matter when they took the tests.
While I agree there is a difference in the way current tests are
adminstrated, there really isn't much difference in the subject matter.
Since we are authorized to us
I meant Tech exams! Sorry. Blame it on AGE!
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
>
> > From: "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You weren't in the exam room yesterday seeing people fail both the General
and Novice exams.
Novice exams? Didn't they discontinue giving Novice exams and tickets
years ago?
Don k4kyv
I agree. Just moaning!
Philip LaMarche
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff/W5OMR
Se
Phil LaMarche wrote:
AND some one who's license is 59 years and the brain of a 69 year old that
doesn't work like it did, should be grandfathered in.
Not to sound 'age discriminatory' or anything, but haven't we 'given
away' enough, already?
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-Geoff/W5OMR
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Bob Macklin wrote:
I was surprised at how well it could copy CW when the CW was obviously
generated by another computer. It had a 99% correctness. This does not
happen when the CW is sent by hand. If the sender is really good it might
copy 75% but most of the time it is less than 50%.
My observa
AND some one who's license is 59 years and the brain of a 69 year old that
doesn't work like it did, should be grandfathered in.
Phil
Philip LaMarche
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Yesterday I was monitoring the 20M CW contest activity.
I wanted to see how well the DSP soundcard TTY software handled the
background noise. I was using the SB-301 in the USB position rather the CW
position.
One of the programs I have on the computer is HamScope. It is mostly meant
for digital m
Those who memorize the answers to get a higher level ticket are only
cheating themselves. One of the most outstanding qualities old time
operators have/had is their knowledge of radio. Today it is easier to get
an Extra ticket to allow you to have full access to all frequencies
available to Amate
Bob Macklin wrote:
I passed the General test in 1957. I passed the 2nd Class Phone in 1958.
On Saturday I took the Extra exam and passed it with knowledge gained in
over 40 years experience as an EE,
I did not know the Satellite questions and a couple antenna chart questions
so I did not answer
I passed the General test in 1957. I passed the 2nd Class Phone in 1958.
On Saturday I took the Extra exam and passed it with knowledge gained in
over 40 years experience as an EE,
I did not know the Satellite questions and a couple antenna chart questions
so I did not answer them.
I just looked
Bob Macklin wrote:
I did but there are other people that can't memorize 700 questions!
You wouldn't have survived the 50's, when you had to actually draw a
schematic, answer questions with a short essay and rely on actual
knowledge in comparison to a multiple guess question type of test, with
When conditions on poor, sometimes you can use the CW/SSB position as a
poor man's synchronous detector. So don't rule out a receiver that has a
decent BFO in it. It can be an aid in copying weak signals on AM.
Pete, wa2cwa
That works if there is enough coupling between BFO and 2nd detector to
Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
Jeff,
The Tom that I'm thinking of was in Langtree, TX.
Sounds right. The A A 5 what ever that I was thinking of was in
Arkansas. I met him at the Clairmore, OK hamfest back in about 2001 or
2002. I've got a picture of he and I someone on this network of
compute
I did but there are other people that can't memorize 700 questions!
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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From: "Geoff/W5OMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:28 PM
Subje
Yes, thanks for the reminder. I was doing that for a while but I have slipped
back into my old bad haobits. Sorry about that.
73, Don M.
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:30:41 AM
Actually the HQ-100A has a separate BFO and Q-Multiplier. You don't
need the BFO for AM, but the Q-Multiplier can notch out some adjacent
interference. The HQ-100A also has solid state rectifiers, so a
little energy and heat savings. Plus, being a general coverage
receiver, you can listen t
Don, did you not see the message I posted last night at 9:40 PM? If you
missed it, here it is repeated. Both Brian and I send personal messages
to you about this a couple of days back. You have not responded to
those, so I am repeating it.
Please read it and follow the directions. Ladies a
Does anyone have a Hallicrafters BC-614E speech amp that they could sell me, or
just the case? please reply off list, ( I am in the UK) 73 Max M0GHQ
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Jeff,
The Tom that I'm thinking of was in Langtree, TX.
He talked with W5MEU a lot, and with Vern, Wb0SUJ, on 1985.
Some of the last AM contacts made by Alton, W5FAP, were also on 7160.
I often talked with Alton, along with his brother-in-law Oscar, W5OEB, on
7275 after I passed my General in
I'm leaning heavily towards an SX-42 if I can find one. I really like
the looks and it's supposed to have great audio. Push-pull 6V6's with
phase inverter coupling and a negative feedback bass boost circuit.
I am also waiting to hear back from Don on the SP-400SX he just posted
here a couple hou
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