On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:14:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 12, 9:33*pm, Tim wrote:
On Sep 12, 8:38*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/qb7cs3

And as it happens, I know somebody who wants to get rid of a
Hammerlund HQ-180A.

Hmmmmm....

I bet you could heat a room with it!

I remember my grandpa used to listen to short wave quite a bit, and he
had an old tube Hallicrafter. *I *remember that the tube glow made the
wall look like it was on fire. I dont' remember much about it but it
sat on a small table facing a wall, and it had a couple of large knobs
and three or four small knobs on the front and a couple of meters and
a large sign on the back of his chair that said "STAY AWAY!!"

But one thing I thought was odd was his antenna, which was a bare
copper wire strung from their house to the summer kitchen in the back
yard.

I thought that was weird but I understand it now.

I looked around, and there it is, just like my grandpa's. A
Halicrafters S-85

http://www.wkinsler.com/radios/hallicrafters_s-85.html

Oh yeah - great radios.

Nothing like tubes dude - nothing like tubes.