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Any Boatanchor Collectors?
- Thread starter NorthStar
- Start date
NorthStar said:
I used to have quite a few, but thanks to back problems I got rid of most of them, except for a few jewels like my Hallicrafters SX-28
Woody
Yes, I own several Heathkit SB-220's, of which some people consider Boatanchors. I sure do LOVE my BOATANCHORS!!!
I recently picked up a swan wm-2000a peak reading watt meter.This by far is the best meter i own,the meter itself is
3"h x 4"w. Looks proud sitting on top of the TS-520,if you can find one i highly recommend it.
3"h x 4"w. Looks proud sitting on top of the TS-520,if you can find one i highly recommend it.
i have a heath kit mohawy rx1, an apache tx1, and a worrier ha-10 i also have a heath kit hw-101, and about 30 hallicrafters and national receivers
Sounds like a serious collection. Take a few pics and post 'em for us to see what some of these rigs look like
I wasn't sure how to put the pictures in the reply, but if you go to my profile I created an album with the heath kits,,,
the where easy to do, I hvae the hallicrafters all over the place, but I will get a picture,
the where easy to do, I hvae the hallicrafters all over the place, but I will get a picture,
Why not? Many of them have been around for at least 50 years and are still working/looking like new. I'll bet that 90% of the rigs made today won't be able to do that. The boat anchors are a true OPERATORS radio and not a USERS radio. They also sound soooo much better on AM which is gaining in popularity.
In the seventies I had a Heathkit DX-100, Viking 1, WRL Galaxy 500, Ameco TX-62 and some other junk.
Back in the eighties I had a few.
Johnson 500, Johnson Valiant, Johnson Ranger. Heathkit Mohawk, Heathkit Apache, Tempo One, Heathkit HW32A.
In the ninetys I had a dozen R390As a Collins 75A-1, TMC GPT 750, Homebrew 4-1000 X 2 4-1000 rig, Perseids Powerhouse 2 X 4CX250B 144 meg homebrew amp. Clegg Zeus. Heathkit Seneca setup for plate modulation, Harris HFL-1000, Gonset Communicator IV, Hallicrafters 2 meter transverter.
This century (4) Collins 30S1s, (7) Collins 30L1s, Alpha 76 3 holer, Dentron MLA 2500, Clipperton L, GLA 1000, (2) Collins 75A-4s, Collins 32V-3, Homebrew quad 813 amp.
I've probably missed quite a few.
Back in the eighties I had a few.
Johnson 500, Johnson Valiant, Johnson Ranger. Heathkit Mohawk, Heathkit Apache, Tempo One, Heathkit HW32A.
In the ninetys I had a dozen R390As a Collins 75A-1, TMC GPT 750, Homebrew 4-1000 X 2 4-1000 rig, Perseids Powerhouse 2 X 4CX250B 144 meg homebrew amp. Clegg Zeus. Heathkit Seneca setup for plate modulation, Harris HFL-1000, Gonset Communicator IV, Hallicrafters 2 meter transverter.
This century (4) Collins 30S1s, (7) Collins 30L1s, Alpha 76 3 holer, Dentron MLA 2500, Clipperton L, GLA 1000, (2) Collins 75A-4s, Collins 32V-3, Homebrew quad 813 amp.
I've probably missed quite a few.
