Brings back many good memories. You made a great explanation of how things worked in those days. They were the good times. So much was depending on the operators experience and generousity with fellow hams. Ham Operators were all gentalmen in those days. We were a family. It didn't matter where you lived, where you were from, how old you were, or who you were, because family is family amounst other hams. The welcome wagon was always open to hams traveling cross country. 73's DE W4ZJM SK
I haven't heard the sound of a tube final being tuned-up in a loooong time. When I tune the bands, I hunt for rigs that do not sound like the factory rigs of today. Generally, when I find someone using vintage equipment, I usually find someone interesting to talk with.
OMG! LOL! Great video and really a appreciation for modern rigs. What a pain in the ass it looks to operate. I still want to experience that sort of antique form of operating but man is it work. Thanks again for a great vid. 73!
Great video. It goes to show how far the tech has come in 50 years. The most interesting analysis of yours was at the end, discussing which radios will be around in 50 years. There are lots of rigs from the last 20-30 years still out there doing a good job, miles ahead of the equipment you demo-ed. SDR's are the future. But, when you move to a Flex radio, you're betting on Windows and the PC are the future; I'm not so sure about that- at least not in 10 years. 73's
Interesting video on vintage radio gear Burt. Perhaps you and your viewers may be interested in our World War 2 SECRET WIRELESS WAR film and DVD on YouTube or find it on: Amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000EC XBFK ...it shows the HRO and a whole lot more of USA gear over here in the UK! Also some interviews with real old timers from then and how radio amateurs really helped to win that war.
Regards from David and Debra Rixon, Grindelwald Productions in the UK!
FUNNY VIDEO! The cat Tim a.k.a. Red steals the radio components from the home lab. Of course, for the own secret project...
Кот Тим ака Рыжий из Киева регулярно тайно крадёт радиодетали из домашней лаборатории своих хозяев. Естественно - для его собственного секретного проекта! В этот раз его застукали...
Great video Burt and thanks. I made my first contact in Ham radio as a Novice in 1968 on a used Heathkit DX-40 that I picked up for $25 and a Lafayette HE-30 receiver. I have upgraded both equipment and license over the years and now operate the latest digital equipment as as Extra. However, I sure miss those days on the DX-40. Thanks again and 73's.
Guess what, fix the DX-40 with some new p.s. parts (ditto reciever & _align it_), & stop directly keying the vfo, or install differential keying. Use a relay to mute or reduce gain in the rcvr while transmitting & all issues with the signal, rx performance & muting disappear; all things that real hams used to be able to do for themselves as they gained in technical proficiency & skill, in justification of the Amateur radio service, unlike today's pathetic, cb refugee/appliance operators.
@burt2481 Oh, that was actually a question? Kind of illiterate then, wasn't it? I thought maybe it was your attempt at "Indian talk" that you learned from watching B-grade "Westerns" as a child, so I tried to respond in kind...
So...what? You want me to explain to you how to restore an old radio? Troubleshoot, read a schematic, make adjustments, solder/de-solder? Where to begin? I wouldn't even try to impart the ingenuity Hams used to use to optimize their rigs...Thanks for proving my point.
@AaahhShhaddaaap I never spoke about an "old radio", I spoke about a DX-40. How do you directly key the VF-1 FOR EXAMPLE? You are big in generalities, but absent on specifics. Thank you for proving my point, that you are big on general modifications but short on details, because you hide behind your lack of specific knowledge.
@burt2481 Well, as you point out, together, they amount to a "really old rig" so we are talking about an example of "old radio" in both cases, now, aren't we. And I have been pretty specific, within the context of commenting on your little production, here. I don't particularly feel the inclination to attempt to educate you either, since learning something clearly isn't part of your agenda, but since you ask; You are keying the vfo directly along with the DX-40, the chirp is a dead giveaway..
...if not, it it will be because the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply are so decrepit that B+ is partially collapsing when you key, causing the V.R in the vfo to fail, asuming the 0B2 is still functional. This was one option in setting up the DX-40; accomplished by the way the octal power-plug was wired, or, by simply using the key-jack in the vfo, if provision was made to hold plate current down in the 6146, between characters. This way, you have a simple form of "break-in" keying
@AaahhShhaddaaap but, the price is that in keying the cathode of the vfo, with the transmitter, you get chirp., or clicks, or both. The simple fix the chirp is to break the keying connection to the vfo cathode & let it run continuously while you key, & manually turning it to stby, when you transmit. It was an entry level rig, but fully capable of putting out a clean, chirp-free signal. More expensive txs like the Johnson Ranger had a differential keying circuit, allowing chirp-free break-in
@AaahhShhaddaaap correction: turning it (the vfo)to stby when receiving, since otherwise you hear the vfo signal in the reciever. Before you do any of this though replace the electrolytics in the P.S before they murder your rectifier and possibly the power transformer.
Some VF-1s tended to slow drift btw, curable by replacing the two 6AU6 grid-leak resistors with higher wattage/more temp-stable types. Otherwise, the circuit (series-tuned Colpits) & quality are sound & the rig is capable of producing a fine signal. Later, with the DX-60 & HG-10, Heath went to grid-block keying & a simple diff-keyer in the vfo, which could be easily installed in the '40/VF-1 allowing chirp-free break-in. The point these old rigs can perform very well. The S-76 is a honey, too.
@Burt Look in the manuals, if you have them. I'm sure they will explain the virtue of allowing the VvF-1 to run continuously while you transmit, keying only the DX-40 and the exact step-by-step wiring changes needed to accomplish this.
That looks like hard work - much respect to those that work those radios today, and did in the past! I had a chance to buy something like the Hallicrafters for $100 in about 1998 and turned it down - wished I had bought it now.....
Very cool indeed. Makes me feel really spoiled as a new ham with an autotuning solid state transceiver that weighs about the same as a thick book! But I love this stuff.
@cod4madass on code hi hi was used to indicate laughter as it was shorter than ha ha. On voice there is no need to use hi hi but hams being devoid of an original thought and devoted to senseless abbreviations use it
Very cool video! As a new HAM it is great to see how it was done "back in the day." Thanks for sharing the romance and art of amateur radio...would love to try a QSO like that someday.
I had an sp 600 and its too bad the BFO just didnt cut it for side band , beautifully made though.,I enjoyed your clip ,thanks for the memories ,kB2 ELH
i like old rigs they just will last even the 90,s stuff was well made it just went tits up after then..ive got a yaesu ft-890 the newer rig build quality just sux...jeff m6glh..
I liked your video, it remembers me the station I had in 1966, a Knight T60 transmiter and same receiver as yours a Hallicrafter S76, it gived me many hours of QSO's and a big collection of cards in the old AM days, in many of this QSO's hams did not have VFO, they were crystal controlled and some times you had to look all around the band to see if somebody answer you, because no same frequency crystal on hand, it was fun..! thanks for let me back to those days, JT, XE2SI
The power supply for my commercial rig could crush most boatanchors. Is he still giving a 599 with all that hum?
The flex will be obsolete when they quit making drivers for the next version of windoze or when the day comes that usb is gone. Remember the parallel port? serial port?
You should have mentioned that you also need a way to shift the antenna between transmitter and receiver. I'm still trying to find a dow key relay for my setup. For now, I get to throw antenna switches around.
Hi Burt, just think, if we ever get a nuclear explosion and resulting E.M.P. effect, your valve gear will still be going! Who will have the last laugh then? Thanks for the video. 73s es tnx.
Great video Burt. No instant QSOs! Your receiver controls very much like my SX-71. You need two hands on three knobs! By the time you hear a CQ and get the receiver and xmitter tuned, he may be gone! This is a lot different than double clicking on a DX spot and working the station today. I can see it now, we will be rebuilding windows computers with 20 year old operating systems in the future.
@K7AGE Great video now I need to put my Hallicrafters SR 150 on the air and make a good video. I also need to learn how to get my vdieo quality as good as the both of yalls. Technology changes and with these software controlled rigs they won't work in 20 years because they only support the OS of today. Kinda like my old 900 MHz radio TK-941 (circa 1991) can not be programed or changed without using a true DOS OS.
I still like the old tube stuff. I still have the one tube CW transmitter I built as a novice back in the early 1960s and a Hallicrafters SX-42 reciever. Gary
Tuning a vacuum tube transmitter can be tricky. I am just getting back into ham radio after a 40+ year abscence from the hobby and I am presently studying for the license. I just bought a Swan 500cx and read over the P.A. tuning instructions. Gary
Great video Burt! Old tube gear is a lot of fun! The chirp and hum, those are just part of the old style works! Drift on receive? Not bad compared to the old SX-28!
I noticed the Hallicrafters drifted a bit while you were in QSO. I'm not familiar with that model but did they all do that or is it just time for a recap?
My Hammarlund HQ-129X drifts a touch when it's not nice and hot. I've taken a look on the underside and most of the caps are original so sometime I will go through and replace them.
I had a Hammerrlund Super Pro 600 about eighteen years ago. It needed restoration, but it worked fair. I'd love to try one now that has been fully restored, I bet it would kick some mule! That too was about as old as I am, circa early-mid 50's. I was told it was a military spy receiver during the Korean war. I also had a Halicrafters receiver, but it was in bad shape. I gave them both away in some horsetrading. lLUVZ doze old rigs!
Another good video, Burt. All those tuning evolutions are done thoughtlessly by many of us. Like listening based selectivity for CW signals. I had a DX 20 and used my TS2000 Kenwood as a receiver until I got a boat anchor receiver. Talk about a chirping chicken. Even with a rock, it chirped. But like you said, people came right back anxious to elmer.
That's a great video and I loved it!
I wish you weren't afflicted with Multiple Personality Disorder, Burt.
I hope you get better (eventually!)
73,
Peter
AB1PS 1 week ago
Crackin vid burt..
teamfab 1 week ago
P.s. ~ I had the DX-35 with the VR-1. Used military surplus radio back then...
TimeTravelerTN 3 weeks ago
You Provided an Excellent overview of the rigs and how we operated them in those days.
Thanks for sharing with others... DE W4ZJM SK
TimeTravelerTN 3 weeks ago
Brings back many good memories. You made a great explanation of how things worked in those days. They were the good times. So much was depending on the operators experience and generousity with fellow hams. Ham Operators were all gentalmen in those days. We were a family. It didn't matter where you lived, where you were from, how old you were, or who you were, because family is family amounst other hams. The welcome wagon was always open to hams traveling cross country. 73's DE W4ZJM SK
TimeTravelerTN 3 weeks ago
DE W4ZJM - Love those days of the far. This was my days for Ham Radio..... 73's + k
TimeTravelerTN 1 month ago
I haven't heard the sound of a tube final being tuned-up in a loooong time. When I tune the bands, I hunt for rigs that do not sound like the factory rigs of today. Generally, when I find someone using vintage equipment, I usually find someone interesting to talk with.
de Ray ..._ ._
svprovidence 2 months ago
I don't know anything about ham radios, but this blows my mind!!!!
drewdudy 3 months ago
Super video. Brings back memories.
Crystal controlled XMTR + tube receiver.
75 watts INPUT. How to RIT???
Just tune the receiver.
Varianna12 4 months ago
OMG! LOL! Great video and really a appreciation for modern rigs. What a pain in the ass it looks to operate. I still want to experience that sort of antique form of operating but man is it work. Thanks again for a great vid. 73!
N2RRAny 4 months ago
Excellent video. I love the boat anchors. I was born in the wrong decade.
camhaines 5 months ago
73 DE K9IOU CHICAGO
kn9ioutom 5 months ago
just like a walkman and an ipod. the walkman will last a very long time. an ipod you would be lucky if it last a few years. anyways great video.
bradmann85 7 months ago
wow. thanks for sharing Burt. I love checking out all the older radios of the time. Being a newer operator, I dont have any myself yet. ~73's
clipdan 7 months ago
Great video. It goes to show how far the tech has come in 50 years. The most interesting analysis of yours was at the end, discussing which radios will be around in 50 years. There are lots of rigs from the last 20-30 years still out there doing a good job, miles ahead of the equipment you demo-ed. SDR's are the future. But, when you move to a Flex radio, you're betting on Windows and the PC are the future; I'm not so sure about that- at least not in 10 years. 73's
kd8opi 8 months ago
hehehe thanks
AdesMaz 9 months ago
Interesting video on vintage radio gear Burt. Perhaps you and your viewers may be interested in our World War 2 SECRET WIRELESS WAR film and DVD on YouTube or find it on: Amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000EC XBFK ...it shows the HRO and a whole lot more of USA gear over here in the UK! Also some interviews with real old timers from then and how radio amateurs really helped to win that war.
Regards from David and Debra Rixon, Grindelwald Productions in the UK!
grindelwaldprods 9 months ago
Wow. Heathkit and Hallicrafters are classic transmitters/receivers. Great video, thanks
73s
PresentedIn4D 9 months ago
HEATHKIT AT-! HAD THIRTY MIGHTY WATTS OF CW ! 73 DE K9IOU
kn9ioutom 9 months ago
Great video Burt. I see that you have made others and will check them out. I appreciate your effort. 73's
tonisbro 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
youtube.com/watch?v=erHwMq3Y1wk
FUNNY VIDEO! The cat Tim a.k.a. Red steals the radio components from the home lab. Of course, for the own secret project...
Кот Тим ака Рыжий из Киева регулярно тайно крадёт радиодетали из домашней лаборатории своих хозяев. Естественно - для его собственного секретного проекта! В этот раз его застукали...
Mykola40 10 months ago
Great video Burt, a lesson for for todays plug n players.
smilerjeff 11 months ago
Great video Burt and thanks. I made my first contact in Ham radio as a Novice in 1968 on a used Heathkit DX-40 that I picked up for $25 and a Lafayette HE-30 receiver. I have upgraded both equipment and license over the years and now operate the latest digital equipment as as Extra. However, I sure miss those days on the DX-40. Thanks again and 73's.
paperboy6501 11 months ago
Guess what, fix the DX-40 with some new p.s. parts (ditto reciever & _align it_), & stop directly keying the vfo, or install differential keying. Use a relay to mute or reduce gain in the rcvr while transmitting & all issues with the signal, rx performance & muting disappear; all things that real hams used to be able to do for themselves as they gained in technical proficiency & skill, in justification of the Amateur radio service, unlike today's pathetic, cb refugee/appliance operators.
AaahhShhaddaaap 1 year ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap how?
burt2481 1 year ago
@burt2481 ugh!
AaahhShhaddaaap 1 year ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap thank you for showing what youreally know
burt2481 1 year ago
@burt2481 Oh, that was actually a question? Kind of illiterate then, wasn't it? I thought maybe it was your attempt at "Indian talk" that you learned from watching B-grade "Westerns" as a child, so I tried to respond in kind...
So...what? You want me to explain to you how to restore an old radio? Troubleshoot, read a schematic, make adjustments, solder/de-solder? Where to begin? I wouldn't even try to impart the ingenuity Hams used to use to optimize their rigs...Thanks for proving my point.
AaahhShhaddaaap 1 year ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap I never spoke about an "old radio", I spoke about a DX-40. How do you directly key the VF-1 FOR EXAMPLE? You are big in generalities, but absent on specifics. Thank you for proving my point, that you are big on general modifications but short on details, because you hide behind your lack of specific knowledge.
burt2481 11 months ago
@burt2481 Well, as you point out, together, they amount to a "really old rig" so we are talking about an example of "old radio" in both cases, now, aren't we. And I have been pretty specific, within the context of commenting on your little production, here. I don't particularly feel the inclination to attempt to educate you either, since learning something clearly isn't part of your agenda, but since you ask; You are keying the vfo directly along with the DX-40, the chirp is a dead giveaway..
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap I know what is causing the chirp, you are telling me the sky is blue. Tell me how to fix it SPECIFICALLY.
burt2481 11 months ago
...if not, it it will be because the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply are so decrepit that B+ is partially collapsing when you key, causing the V.R in the vfo to fail, asuming the 0B2 is still functional. This was one option in setting up the DX-40; accomplished by the way the octal power-plug was wired, or, by simply using the key-jack in the vfo, if provision was made to hold plate current down in the 6146, between characters. This way, you have a simple form of "break-in" keying
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap but, the price is that in keying the cathode of the vfo, with the transmitter, you get chirp., or clicks, or both. The simple fix the chirp is to break the keying connection to the vfo cathode & let it run continuously while you key, & manually turning it to stby, when you transmit. It was an entry level rig, but fully capable of putting out a clean, chirp-free signal. More expensive txs like the Johnson Ranger had a differential keying circuit, allowing chirp-free break-in
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap correction: turning it (the vfo)to stby when receiving, since otherwise you hear the vfo signal in the reciever. Before you do any of this though replace the electrolytics in the P.S before they murder your rectifier and possibly the power transformer.
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
Some VF-1s tended to slow drift btw, curable by replacing the two 6AU6 grid-leak resistors with higher wattage/more temp-stable types. Otherwise, the circuit (series-tuned Colpits) & quality are sound & the rig is capable of producing a fine signal. Later, with the DX-60 & HG-10, Heath went to grid-block keying & a simple diff-keyer in the vfo, which could be easily installed in the '40/VF-1 allowing chirp-free break-in. The point these old rigs can perform very well. The S-76 is a honey, too.
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
@Burt Look in the manuals, if you have them. I'm sure they will explain the virtue of allowing the VvF-1 to run continuously while you transmit, keying only the DX-40 and the exact step-by-step wiring changes needed to accomplish this.
AaahhShhaddaaap 11 months ago
@AaahhShhaddaaap I know what I am doing with the DX 40 and why I have the chirp, if you are competent tell me specfically how to key directly.
burt2481 11 months ago
Classy video there Burt !
ON4AEM 1 year ago
Nice video beautiful radios.
Tom
hamrad88 1 year ago
That looks like hard work - much respect to those that work those radios today, and did in the past! I had a chance to buy something like the Hallicrafters for $100 in about 1998 and turned it down - wished I had bought it now.....
Motoguzzi750 1 year ago
I love the old radios, I have a Hammerlund HQ110 , I just love playing with all those nobs, it sure is a different experience.
tech1960ps1 1 year ago
@tech1960ps1
Hi I also have a Hammarlund HQ110 and I love it, someday when I have my own place again i will run several antennas for it again. KD4GNC!!
KD4GNC 1 year ago
Very cool indeed. Makes me feel really spoiled as a new ham with an autotuning solid state transceiver that weighs about the same as a thick book! But I love this stuff.
twylo 1 year ago
Okay, not try a contest with a hand written dupe sheet and paper logs! Hi Hi!
k9rzz 1 year ago
@k9rzz Hello hello?
burt2481 1 year ago
@burt2481 why do hams say hi hi ? im new to this but i understand hi hi means haha?
cod4madass 1 year ago
@cod4madass on code hi hi was used to indicate laughter as it was shorter than ha ha. On voice there is no need to use hi hi but hams being devoid of an original thought and devoted to senseless abbreviations use it
burt2481 1 year ago
@burt2481 doesnt make any sense "haha" (:
cod4madass 1 year ago
@k9rzz
People used to do just that, all the time. What's wrong with you... LAZY?
sandhgreen 1 year ago
@sandhgreen : What?
Biffbradford 1 year ago
@Biffbradford
That reply was to K9rzz.
sandhgreen 1 year ago
Very cool video! As a new HAM it is great to see how it was done "back in the day." Thanks for sharing the romance and art of amateur radio...would love to try a QSO like that someday.
revjebjr 1 year ago
I had an sp 600 and its too bad the BFO just didnt cut it for side band , beautifully made though.,I enjoyed your clip ,thanks for the memories ,kB2 ELH
mrrailroad51 1 year ago
i like old rigs they just will last even the 90,s stuff was well made it just went tits up after then..ive got a yaesu ft-890 the newer rig build quality just sux...jeff m6glh..
petchharrison 1 year ago
I liked your video, it remembers me the station I had in 1966, a Knight T60 transmiter and same receiver as yours a Hallicrafter S76, it gived me many hours of QSO's and a big collection of cards in the old AM days, in many of this QSO's hams did not have VFO, they were crystal controlled and some times you had to look all around the band to see if somebody answer you, because no same frequency crystal on hand, it was fun..! thanks for let me back to those days, JT, XE2SI
JTNicolas 1 year ago
yes but 50s ham radio was real hamradio not CB hamradio !! got me?
w9x7cv3vg6 1 year ago
nice movie .Im using the Hallicrafters SX122 ,but I search the orginal knobs for this receiver
antennebuis 1 year ago
Great video. I love playing around with old equipment.
chazfensk 1 year ago
I have an uncle who died had one of those old radios. Good video.
dcrawford00028 1 year ago
Thanks for making this video. I enjoyed seeing that S-76 fire up and operate after 55 years.
z1power 1 year ago
I also have a Hallicrafters S-76! Great receiver. Are you a congratulations on a great video.Fernando PU2PDX
yaesu101zd 1 year ago
The power supply for my commercial rig could crush most boatanchors. Is he still giving a 599 with all that hum?
The flex will be obsolete when they quit making drivers for the next version of windoze or when the day comes that usb is gone. Remember the parallel port? serial port?
contrapezist 1 year ago
NICE I love the old radios KJ4TEE
KJ4TEE 1 year ago
You should have mentioned that you also need a way to shift the antenna between transmitter and receiver. I'm still trying to find a dow key relay for my setup. For now, I get to throw antenna switches around.
Polybun 1 year ago 2
interesting little long but good.
BASIC785 2 years ago 4
Thanks for the video, from Brazilian PYs
camrl 2 years ago 4
Hi Burt, just think, if we ever get a nuclear explosion and resulting E.M.P. effect, your valve gear will still be going! Who will have the last laugh then? Thanks for the video. 73s es tnx.
stealthradios 2 years ago 4
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charte75242 2 years ago
@stealthradios
You are so right!
charte75242 2 years ago
WOW. GREAT.
zenzen1978TX 2 years ago
Excellent video Burt.. congrats on this awsome video.... WOW!
radionut63 2 years ago 7
Great video Burt. No instant QSOs! Your receiver controls very much like my SX-71. You need two hands on three knobs! By the time you hear a CQ and get the receiver and xmitter tuned, he may be gone! This is a lot different than double clicking on a DX spot and working the station today. I can see it now, we will be rebuilding windows computers with 20 year old operating systems in the future.
K7AGE 2 years ago 2
Thank you for your comments. I need to improve the technical quality to match ours.
As far as old rigs, technology has its plusses AND minuses.
burt2481 2 years ago
Your editing is good, nice close ups, good audio, we can hear what is going on. Randy
K7AGE 2 years ago
@burt2481 fagg!!!
LALIEBRE202 1 year ago
@LALIEBRE202 Please do not use racist terms that reflect your desires in life
burt2481 1 year ago
@LALIEBRE202 by the way tell samantha i said hi!i guess she never told you about me .
LALIEBRE202 1 year ago
@K7AGE Great video now I need to put my Hallicrafters SR 150 on the air and make a good video. I also need to learn how to get my vdieo quality as good as the both of yalls. Technology changes and with these software controlled rigs they won't work in 20 years because they only support the OS of today. Kinda like my old 900 MHz radio TK-941 (circa 1991) can not be programed or changed without using a true DOS OS.
W6CSAhamradio 1 year ago
I still like the old tube stuff. I still have the one tube CW transmitter I built as a novice back in the early 1960s and a Hallicrafters SX-42 reciever. Gary
HD7100 2 years ago
Tuning a vacuum tube transmitter can be tricky. I am just getting back into ham radio after a 40+ year abscence from the hobby and I am presently studying for the license. I just bought a Swan 500cx and read over the P.A. tuning instructions. Gary
HD7100 2 years ago 4
Nice video Burt.
WA2JSG 2 years ago 5
Fine business, Burt.... I still use -- every once in a while -- a homebrew rig I built back in 1965. Take care.
73, WA5MUF
WA5MUF 2 years ago 3
Great video Burt! Old tube gear is a lot of fun! The chirp and hum, those are just part of the old style works! Drift on receive? Not bad compared to the old SX-28!
antienjigglement 2 years ago 3
I noticed the Hallicrafters drifted a bit while you were in QSO. I'm not familiar with that model but did they all do that or is it just time for a recap?
My Hammarlund HQ-129X drifts a touch when it's not nice and hot. I've taken a look on the underside and most of the caps are original so sometime I will go through and replace them.
Also,you have to love that tube powered audio!
Great work! - Mike/KC2TAU
928GTSR 2 years ago 3
I think they always drifted, but that one was cold, so maybe it drifted more?
burt2481 2 years ago
Oh yeah,they all drift when cold. Rates of metallic expansion that don't coincide,tubes coming up to full emission,etc.
Great station,though,a real two handed operation.
928GTSR 2 years ago 4
Nice vid Burt, thouroughly enjoyed it.
Thanks, it's in my playlist.
Don
umajunkcollector 2 years ago 2
I had a Hammerrlund Super Pro 600 about eighteen years ago. It needed restoration, but it worked fair. I'd love to try one now that has been fully restored, I bet it would kick some mule! That too was about as old as I am, circa early-mid 50's. I was told it was a military spy receiver during the Korean war. I also had a Halicrafters receiver, but it was in bad shape. I gave them both away in some horsetrading. lLUVZ doze old rigs!
umajunkcollector 2 years ago 2
Another good video, Burt. All those tuning evolutions are done thoughtlessly by many of us. Like listening based selectivity for CW signals. I had a DX 20 and used my TS2000 Kenwood as a receiver until I got a boat anchor receiver. Talk about a chirping chicken. Even with a rock, it chirped. But like you said, people came right back anxious to elmer.
ag4yo 2 years ago 2
Excellent video as usual Burt.
Thanks for sharing your wirelesses with us today.
Regards
gregW:-) OH2FFY
OH2FFY 2 years ago
I love the older gear....did you have this rig as a young man when you were first in ham radio??
WA5CVI 2 years ago
I bought it online but could it be my original rig? Who knows
burt2481 2 years ago