I've seen several S38s, Steve; can't remember which suffix. They
were all kind of similar - you had to be careful where you rested
your other arm while you were working the controls!!
Once I owned an Eccophone; it either came to be before the S38 series
or was built alongside of them. I forget the background, but
Eccophone and Hallicrafters were somehow related. It was a pretty
dead little ac/dc receiver broadcast to 30 megacycles (not mehahertz)
in four bands but it let me listen to shortwave next to my bed!!
My favorite Hallicrafters receiver was an S76. It was general
coverage, dual conversion. But it had a problem in the second
conversion stage where all the sensitivity would go away. I had some
pretty techy friends look at that part of the radio and could never
discover the problem. So eventually I traded it for something
else. The Harvey Wells got upgraded to someone's homebrew version of
a DX100 (with an external VF1), and eventually a Viking Valliant
which I got for $100 from Allied Radio because it had an
ibntermittent which blew line fuses at an alarming rate. They sold
it "as is". A patient friend found a carbon path on the terminal
strip where the plate voltage winding of the transformer fed the 866
rectifiers. Broke away the offending erminals and I used that
Valliant until I was finally converted, (kicking and screaming) to
SSB. That was a NCX3 but the first ten years of transmitters,
receivers and learning was probably the most fun.
Pat, K9JAU At 03:06 PM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
>Did you ever see a Hallicrafter S38E? It was a nice looking receiver, but
>it had two giant shortcomings: it had no power transformer (AC/DC), and no
>BFO. I think it used some sort of feedback circuit to generate the tone,
>which meant that if signals got too strong (like the 40 meter Novice band),
>the tone disappeared. There was no RF gain, so you couldn't correct the
>problem.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 14:28
>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
>
>
> >I think I later owned an AR2 and don't believe it was a lot different
> > than the AR3. I upgraded from the Heath to a Hallicrafters S20R and
> > what a difference!! Then one of the wafers in the bandswitch arced
> > and that was the end of that receiver!! then it was a National NC57;
> > all the way in to the late forties!! And the Globe Scout was
> > replaced with a Harvey
> > Wells TBS50. Bandswitching, plate modulation and all!! Now I was in
> > the big leagues!!
> > Pat, K9JAUAt 11:19 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
> >>Pat,
> >>
> >>I heard about the AR3, but never actually used one. One interesting quirk
> >>of my AR2 was that the BFO didn't work due to an open oscillator coil. I
> >>discovered that by proper adjustment of the Peak control on the QF-1, I
> >>could make it act like a BFO, and that's what I did for most of my novice
> >>career. I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven when the coil got replaced
> >>and I had a real BFO.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:26
> >>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
> >>
> >>
> >> > Steve,
> >> > I started my ham life with an AR3 and a Globe Scout 40 with plug in
> >> > coils. The receiver was so terrible that i waited until I got my code
> >> > speeed up to 13 before I took my general - thought working the Novice
> >> > bands with the AR3 wouldn't have been fun, even with the QF1. Also
> >> > had a VF1 with the Globe and worked a lot of 160 - still really like
> >> > that band although it is way different now.
> >> > Pat, K9JAuAt 08:44 AM 12/2/2007, you wrote:
> >> >>Any of you guys remember the Heath AR2? That receiver, and a DX40 was
> >> >>my
> >> >>novice station in 1961. I used a Heath Q multiplier, which improved
> >> >>the
> >> >>selectivity of the receiver, but the AR2 drifted like crazy. I have to
> >> >>say,
> >> >>though, that the DX40 was a nice little CW transmitter as long as you
> >> >>used
> >> >>it crystal controlled. I eventually got a VF-1 for it, but never got
> >> >>the
> >> >>chance to use it on the air. That VFO was more unstable than the AR2.
> >> >>
> >> >>Steve
> >> >>
> >> >>----- Original Message -----
> >> >>From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 00:49
> >> >>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > My first contact was made from the Nebraska School for the Blind on
> >> >> > April
> >> >> > 25, between 4 and 5 PM, on 80 meters in 1966 and running the SX99
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > our
> >> >> > receiver and the A T 1 for our transmitter because the DX60B was
> >> >> > broke
> >> >> > like
> >> >> > usual. My home station in Omaha was a DX20 and a BC348 receiver,
> >> >> > using
> >> >> > no
> >> >> > tuner, and 100 feet of wire running to a tree behind the apartments.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > had
> >> >> > a blast using crystals on 80 and 40 meters for six months till I
> >> >> > took
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > general. Years later, I went over to a friends with an expensive
> >> >> > watt
> >> >> > meter. The final 6L6 showed just under 10 watts output so we
> >> >> > plugged a
> >> >> > brand new tube in. It still showed just under 10 watts output.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Phil.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > K0NX
> >> >> > The Zenith Tube
> >> >> > www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> > From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >> > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:49 PM
> >> >> > Subject: Old Heath Gear
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> My first transmitter was a Heath kit A T 1. It ran about 25 watts
> >> >> >> as
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> remember. In about 1965 I loaned it to a fellow ham who needed
> >> >> >> something
> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> get on the air. About 5 or 6 years ago I called him and ask, what
> >> >> >> ever
> >> >> >> happened to that old rig. He told me it was setting in his cabinet
> >> >> >> and
> >> >> > was
> >> >> >> just waiting for me to come and get it back so I went and got it
> >> >> >> and
> >> >> >> it
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> setting here on a shelf in the shack. I don't have any crystals
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> see
> >> >> > if
> >> >> >> it works. I guess they may be worth something now days also. I'm
> >> >> >> not
> >> >> >> interested in old gear myself, I like the new things hi. I think it
> >> >> >> was
> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> first transmitter kit from Heath. Ed K7UC
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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