Somehow, I've managed to hang on to the HQ110A/VHF that my folks gave me for Christmas in 1968.
It needs a good alignment job, and will hopefully have that soon. Then, it will be paired with a DX60. Anyone remember the Lafayette HA500? I almost settled for that one, but chose the HQ110A/VHF because it covered both 160 and 2 meters. I also have a recently acquired HQ170 that needs a thorough going through, as it only likes to work on 80 meters. In my earlier days, I started with a borrowed S120. That one is still with its original owner, who had no idea what he was starting when he loaned it to an 11-year-old for the summer back in 1966. For Christmas that year I received a Zenith, the model number of which escapes me, but it had a slide rule dial and band spread much like the S120, and drifted like an S40 on the higher bands. For brief periods I also used an RME4350A, a BC348Q, an SX62A, and an NC300. I also operated the station of a friend several times when he was using one of the "HBR" series of receivers that his dad had built from QST. His dad still has it, and it still works great. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
