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In Reply to: RE: Another AM'er Here posted by Michael Samra on July 05, 2009 at 18:42:25
Hey, Michael,
Now, the R390/URR is just what's on the nomenclature tag, it's the "real deal" Collins built 390 with the LC filters vs. the mechanical filters in my R390A/URR built by EAC...plus, I have another 390 and another 390A out in the garage along with a Hallicrafters R274 and a Collins R388...
That's just the AM specific stuff...SSB includes Omni V; FT-990; two Alphas, one 76P and one 76A; TR-7A/R-7A/RV-7; T-4XC/R-4C; 32-S3/75S-3; KWM-2 w/30L-1 & remote VFO...HF-380...
Plus I have 4 KWM-2A's that need restoration (one is a Rockwell, two are Round Emblem, one Wing Emblem), three 75A-4's, a couple of 75A-3's...HRO-60T, NC-183D...a National RCP...
And yes, Barker and Williamson did build 610's...the big difference is that the paint finish on the B&W is black wrinkle vs. that plain flat black on Hallicrafters built 610's...mine was actually gone over by John Mohn, W5MEU now SK, before I bought it to re-tune the output of the transmitter to 50 Ohms allowing coax to be used with it...and it has never, ever missed a beat, it in as near mint condition as anything nearly 60 years old can be...I have a Hallicrafters HA-10 VFO hooked up to it so that I can tune where I want to be...but, I have never used it on any band by 75...the 32V-2 is much easier to use on the higher bands...and, I don't know if I can find my coil/tuning sets for 20m anyway....been so long...trouble is that the big bottles in that rig, and all the tubes in any of the receivers along with the antenna multicoupler can easily over-ride my home's AC unit on even a moderately warm day (and here in Texas we call that Winter) and I really only feel like firing them up in the dead of winter when it will keep the central heat from having to come on!
I have lusted over the original Hallicrafters HT-4's Art Deco style, but I believe that the G and later versions of the 610 are actually more friendly to maintain due to the more modular nature of their chassis assemblies...which is why John advised me to take the I model and not the E model he also had...
I got the 32V-2 as a replacement for a Heathkit Apache...it is a much better radio than the Heathkit ever thought about being...
I did used to be really active in AM'ing, but it's been over 10 years since I fired the things up and got on with them...and as I said, most of the fellows I used to hang around with are now SK's...and heck, I'm not THAT old, 57, but I sure have lost a lot of buddies along the way...
Man, I gotta get rid of some of these boatanchors!!!
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