On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:33:14 -0700 (PDT), 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 used to have one of these guys:

http://www.antiqueradio.org/art/hallisx42.jpg

http://www.antiqueradio.org/halli07.htm

It was a serious piece of iron that my father bought in 1947 right
after WWII. It was top of the line for its day, surpassed only by the
Collins receivers which were ham bands only. The SX-42 was continuous
tuning all the way from the bottom of the broadcast band at .54 MHz
all the way to the top of the FM band at 108 MHz. Sensitivity on the
VHF frequencies left a little to be desired but I made a few contacts
on 6 meters with it back in the late 50s.