I remember playing with some of them. I even managed to keep a couple of them Hammarlund HQ-100C and twins Heatkit DX-100. The effects of aging is unfortunatly very noticeable on all of them but i still enjoy playing with their knobs even if they are a bit scratchy.

Here is a link who will make's remembered theses old good old time where the manufacturers does not bother too much with marketing ideas they use the KISS system and it was pretty effective.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/KB8GPO/shack.html

"-" "It is not the class of license the amateur holds, but the class of the amateur that holds the license."

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