Ah yes -- the SX-28.  I erred in my earlier message; it was the SX-28 the
FCCC used for monitoring at start of WW2.

Even with the TR-4, I would occasionally balance the carrier out with a
transistor radio near the rig.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, David R. Basden wrote:

> My first setup back in 1956 was a borrowed National NC120 and a Heathkit DX35.  I used them with a parallel 40 and 80-meter dipoles fed with a single run of 72-ohm twinlead.  Those days the pi-networks could match anything.  Later I returned the NC120 and borrowed a Hallicrafters SX28 from another ham.  My first purchased receiver was a Hallicrafters SX100, which I later replaced with a Hammurland HQ170C.  I really loved that receiver.  I replaced the DX35 with a Globe Scout 66 which covered 6 meters along with 80-10.  Then sideband came along and I bought a used Central Electronics 20A with a converted BC348 or was it BC342 as a VFO.  I can recall tuning out my carrier with a phasing circuit while monitoring on the receiver.  I think part of the nestalgia for the old rigs is that ham radio was new to us in those days.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, AF6Y formerly WL7CAJ, K7BNA, WA6QND
>
>
>
> At 07:15 AM 4/19/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >And the Elmac AF-67 and AF-68 and their receiver twins, PMR6, PMR7 and
> >PMR8 (these for mobile use) and the Viking Ranger and Valiant and ...
> >
> >Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> >Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:43 AM
> >Subject: Re: Old Receivers
> >
> >
> >> There were many more Hallicrafters models.  The 100 and 101 just
> >happened to
> >> be the most popular.  The first radio I owned was a Hallicrafters S-85
> >> general coverage receiver.  HeathKit was also a really major player at
> >the
> >> time--there were probably more HeathKit receivers and transmitters
> >actually
> >> in daily use that there were some of the commercially-built rigs.
> >There
> >> were also GlobeKing and Gonsett, just to name two that immediately
> >leap to
> >> mind.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "David R. Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:36 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Old Receivers
> >>
> >>
> >> The major manufacturers in the early 60's were Hallicrafters,
> >National,
> >> Hammurland, and Collins.  As I recall, the SX100 (general coverage)
> >and
> >> SX101A were the Hallicrafters models, the Nc300 and then NC303 were
> >the
> >> National models, the Hammurland HQ160 (general coverage) and HQ170
> >were the
> >> Hammurland models, and the Collins 75A4 was the Collins model .  A
> >couple
> >> of others whose makers I have forgotten were the GPR90 and the
> >RME4300.
> >>
> >>
>