I knew about the SR-150 but didn't know there was a SR-2000.

I bought my TR-4 new in 1970.  I suspect, though, that it has more than a
few hundred hours on it, though.

Still has the original tubes.  Used 6JB6's in the final amp.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Steve wrote:

> Ah, yes. Trip down nostalgia lane.
>
> I started out with a DX-35 and Heath Kit gr-91 receiver.  Soon upgraded to a
> re-conditioned NC-300 from World Radio Labs.
>
> I remember wanting to get a Globeking 500 transmitter.
>
> A friend of mine had the National NCX-3 transceiver.  My uncle still has a
> Drake TR-4 which he bought in the '70's, and I'll bet it has less than 100
> hours of operating time onit.
>
> I remember the rigs with the TV sweep tube finals.  My Hallicrafters SR-400A
> had 6kd6's.  I remember when I replaced them I was shocked to see that the
> glass on one side of the tube had begun to melt.  After that, I always ran
> with an external blower to move the heat out of the final cage.
>
> Speaking of desktop kilowatts, the big brother to my Hallicrafter
> transceiver was the Hurricane, the SR-2000 which ran a legal kilowatt.
>