Re: [IRCA] Daves' HQ 180

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Marty Rimpau <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi are they still making the hq 180, and if so, is it solid state?  I
> remember hearing about the hq 180 in the sixties, and my
> understanding
> was that it was so sensitive, that one could pick up tijuana in the
> day
> time from the bay area, but to what extent that was exagerated, I
> don't
> know.  I wonder what the best receiver for dx is today?  
> 


Hammarlund hasn't been manufacturing receivers for decades. The
receiver of choice seems to be the Drake R8 series ( now also
discontinued ).

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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