I just discovered this group so I signed up and thought I would introduce myself to get the first message out of the way.?
Most of my activity has been building homebrew and operating QRP CW. But last winter I got interested in trying to bring my HT-46 back to life after about 45 years of abuse and non-use. The HT-46 replaced my Novice transmitter and served me well as an General and Extra in the mid 70's. I always wanted, but never owned the SX-146 receiver to go with it. The HT-46 was DOA when I pulled it out of the attic last winter but with Walt's (WD0GOF) document and a few helpful e-mails from him I got it working enough to make a few CW and SSB qsos. Cosmetically the HT-46 is extremely rough.?
Last week I finally crossed off a top ten bucket list item by attending the Dayton Hamvention. In the rain and muck of Friday morning a friend and I waded into the flea market and the first table we went to had a pristine HT-46 and SX-146 sitting there under some other stuff. Call it divine intervention, dumb luck or whatever but it seemed that I had no choice but to buy them.?
I haven't played with the HT-46 yet but I powered up the SX-146 and tested it last night and it sounds great. It only has the 2.1KHz filter and I would love to have the 500Hz filter but I imagine those are pretty hard to come by. Anyway, thanks for letting me in the group. I am looking forward to learning more about the great Hallicrafter's gear.?
73 - Jerry - W0PWE
