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In Reply to: RE: Does anyone know of this odd ball Harmon Kardon receiver posted by airtime on November 28, 2016 at 06:16:53
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I was trying to envision the Harmon Kardon from airtime's description, or what function the dual-dial might serve, but your picture answered my curiosity. That thing would be nice for tuning in a station without having to squat down to see the dial squarely. Thanks.
Airtime, thanks for bringing the topic up.
You think that was an odd description then you should have seen it in real life. The knobs stuck out too far and there was no real face plate - just knobs and buttons. And the tuning dial was on top. Fugly it was but cute.
I can see why the H-K designers thought the dual dial was a good idea.
They should have put an FM dial on the underside too, for those drunken nights when someone ended up on the floor.
The top of the line citation receiver shares the same top and front dials. Not too many around. A friend has a mint one. Dual power supplies. A beauty of a receiver.
David
1947
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Nice Knucklehead! I have a soft spot for them, but doubt I will ever be able to afford one now. My 1200 Sportster will get me down the road though. A friend of mine had a Knucklehead on a softball frame. (This was in the 70's when people built bikes to ride!) I've liked them ever since.
Dave
I'm guessing you wrote "softail" frame, and it changed it on you. Although, after riding my friend's rigid frame Panhead all day, a soft ball frame would have made things easier on my "boys"
Boy did the auto-correct get me there. I was thinking softail when I was typing. In retrospect, I now remember that it was actually a lowrider. This was the 70's and a lot of the 70's was a blur to me! Another friend of mine had a rigid panhead chopper. I did not envy him on long rides!
Dave
That's a fine looking Knucklehead, Mikey!
I've only been on one once, and that was as a passenger. A bunch of us were camping one weekend, many years ago. Double D showed up with his sidecar equipped Knuckle, a 1930 something. One afternoon, after a few too many beers, he offered me a sidecar ride.
Never one to say "no", I hopped in, and we hit the road. I don't think the sidecar tire touched the ground more than a few times on the entire ride. Mostly he had me tipped up, about seven feet in the air, flying down the road, doing about 85 MPH.
Loved it!
Exactly.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Have an odd Numeric memory, but have to use memory tricks (well ahead of time) to retain the Alpha stuff.
If you recalled 230e, you are clear the winner, IMO.
...I sold them back in the 70s.
Trivia: Most folks simply refer to the 330 as the 330, when in fact it was first the 330a, then the 330b and finally the 330c. Never the 330.
The 230e was always an "e" and the 430 and 730 never had letters attached.
I always wondered why they started with "e" on the 230. It was their entry-level receiver. Perhaps "e" for entry, a friend once hypothesized.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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