Showing posts with label Hammarlund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hammarlund. Show all posts
Monday, September 21, 2026

Another Blast from the Past -- Dino KL0S in the early 70s -- A Turner mic, a Vibroplex, an HQ-100, a DC receiver, and a tech library.

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Dino:  Yes the parallels are really eerie OM.  There is that Turner mic.  I still have mine too, but I had to replace the element with an El...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Hammarlund HQ-100 Misidentified in 1963 FCC Film

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Oh the indignity!  It appears at 7 minutes 16 seconds in this FCC film.  It is clearly an HQ-100, but the FCC subtitles identify it at an HQ...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Hammarlund and Homebrew Heroine: Janis AB2RA, HQ-100 Filter Cap Question

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  I was searching for Hammarlund HQ-100 wisdom when Google pointed me to the Electric Radio articles of Janis AB2RA.  They were in  ER #380 ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

HF Bandsweep with the Hammarlund HQ-100 (video)

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It has been a while since we last did a bandsweep.  Too long.  Here is one using my recently fixed up Hammarlund HQ-100.  Repair details are...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

W1VD's Boatanchor Receiver Tests

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I've been trying to get more rigorous in my evaluation of receiver performance.   My HQ-100 is tuned to Radio Marti, and it sounds great...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Troubleshooting and Fixing Old Faults in my Long-Suffering Hammarlund HQ-100 (Part 2) (video)

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Work continues on my old Hammarlund HQ-100. I give background on the rig and explain the electrical trauma it likely suffered. Following ...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Electronics Manufacturing in New York City -- Limor Fried and Adafruit (video) -- "TRUST YOUR TECHNOLUST"

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The Radio Gods seem to be directing my attention to my hometown: New York City. I was recently in the city, observing the placement of vario...
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Friday, May 6, 2022

Working On My Old Hammarlund HQ-100 (Part 1)

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I like this old receiver, with all its shortcomings.  I picked it up in the Dominican Republic in 1993 or 1994.  I've been using it on A...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Level UP EE Lab Builds a Superhet Receiver

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I was really glad to have stumbled across Darren's YouTube channel:  (46) Level UP EE Lab - YouTube Heck, he has an S-38E on the shelf a...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Mike WU2D Looks at the "Dream" SW Receivers of the 1960s and 70s (Video)

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Wow, I really liked Mike's walk down memory lane. I saw several of my own dream receivers:  S-38E.  Indeed, this little monster did add ...
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Friday, February 12, 2021

A Lifetime of Workshops

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  https://microship.com/consoles/?fbclid=IwAR37yc-NfOrUC93C8QZYXZfakGLf-4eBtPw2php0CpzGHBW3-fb55ciyp0w It has been more than decade, but we...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Shortwave Dials -- Exotic Locations -- Hong Kong! Berlin! Springfield? Schenectady?

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Click on the picture for a closer look.  No offense to the birthplace of Homer Simpson, but Springfield?  And Schenectady?  T...
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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Will, KF4IZE's Beautiful Boatanchors

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Wow, check out the paint job on that SP-600.  Nice work Will.  Hammarlund should have done it that way.  And I should have kept the one...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Godzilla, an SP-600, a D-104, and a Turner SSB+2 Transistorized Mic

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We were in a restaurant last week and this trailer played on a TV that was all the way across the room.  The SP-600 caught my eye.  I once...
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Friday, April 29, 2016

Reduction Redux: Searching for Some Smooth Spin

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OK, here is yet another picture of my Mighty Midget's Mate receiver, this time with yet another main tuning dial. I gave up on the la...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

75 and 40 Meter AM on my HQ-100 (Videos) + Digital Display

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And here is how I sample the oscillator frequency for the digital counter.  I use an old trick:  I wrap some wire around the oscillator...
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