[IRCA] ExtremelyHeavy group

[Bob Young <youngbob53@xxxxxxx>]

Great, we have the nucleus for the Extremelyheavy group, haha! I hope I haven't left anyone out. HQ-160's are supposed to be nice radios, I've seen them but they're not common and sell for big bucks usually. I have a kind of extensive Extremelyheavy radio collection including Hammarlunds, Collins, Nationals, Hallicrafters, and Heathkits, also a few nice consoles too. There's something to be said for opening up an Extremelyheavy radio and checking tubes or tracing a circuit. Recapping the SP-600 is one of the biggest PIA's I've had to do with them so far but it is also extremely rewarding and I'm at the easy part now. They're great radios for AM DXing.
A 22 lb Hallicrafters counts in my book. The heaviest one I have right now is a black wrinkle National HRO-50R1, it's in a 3 1/2' high rack which includes a place for the coils and a speaker on top, looks and plays like new. National was in Malden, MA and I'm the third owner, the first worked at National, this thing weighs a good 150 lbs. and is planted in my radio room on top of a sturdy table.
I do most of my DXing with an R-390A or a SP-600 which are both great radios.

Bob Young
Extremelyheavygroup
Analog, MA
KB1OKL


> From: satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx

> Hey Guys:
> 
> I've got a Hammarlund HQ-160 laid in for heating the house this winter. 
> It may need a tune-up, but the caps are changed out and the tubes are
> good.  It was from the estate of a local silent key who took really good
> care of it, and Jim Kenny steered me into the best deal I've gotten in a
> radio in long time.   I've also got a couple to-be-fixed RCA All-American
> Fives, the model which was the first radio I used for DXing - a stroll
> down memory lane.
> 
> Kevin S.
> Bainbridge Island, WA
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Bob & Colin,
> >
> > Tube radios at home are HQ 180-National NC-180-Hammarlund Navy
> > radio 1943-2 R-390-A. Also a Zenith beach radio with tubes than runs on
> > batteries or 110 ac.  Fada 1939, did work, but needs repair now.  Paid
> > $5.00 for it in 1967.
> >
> > Dennis,
> > Kanab, Utah
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

> >> >
> >>
> >> Count me in!
> >>
> >> I have a 22 pound Hallicrafters that I am dying to get my first TP's on!
> >>

> >>
> >> --
> >> Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca
> >> Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing
> >> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> >>

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