RW>Hi Ed,   
   Hi Richard,   
      
   RW>On Wed 2012-Apr-18 17:01, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:   
      
   RW>   
      
   RW>RW>I had a Hamarlund, but it was at my parents' house, I was   
      
   RW>EV> The first Hammarlund I got to use was at a Navy base Ham Shack.   
      
   RW>EV> A HQ-170 (no Clock), I fell in love with it, but never bought any   
   RW>EV> Hammarlund gear for my own shack.   
      
   RW>The 180 my uncle gave me.  I've got a 129 over here on the   
   RW>side bench right now.   
      
   I don't remember the HQ-129, I'll have to go look in my old Allied   
   Catalogs collection to refresh my memory on it.   
      
   RW>EV> At another Navy Ham Shack they had a National NC-303(?) receiver and   
   RW>EV> a T-350-XM AM transmitter (700 Watts I think).   
      
   Richard, it may had been a NC-300, it's been fifty years ago, and Ed's   
   Head gets confused often when remembering things.   
      
   RW>I think school for the blind had teh National, 303 might or   
   RW>might not be right nomenclature.  They had ti coupled with   
   RW>the novice station, nice receiver.  The big "kids" and   
   RW>adults general and up got to use the Collins rig .   
      
   RW>EV> The transmitter would frequently blow a fuse and the side panel had   
   RW>EV> to be taken off to replace it.   
      
   RW>  Love that remoting the circuit breaker thing.   
   RW>Have seen mods like that.   
      
   IIRC the left side panel of the TX350XM was full of diamond shaped holes   
   for air to circulate around the components.   
      
   I mounted the Reset Button of those Circuit Breakers through a hold so   
   the button could be pressed just by leaning over and pressing it.   
      
   Of course the was after turning the Power Switch to OFF.   
      
   Those 866 Mercury Vapor Rectifiers wouldn't like it if I'd pressed the   
   Circuit Breaker Reset Button while the Power Switch was ON.   
      
   RW>EV> The panel was approximately five foot high and 15 inches wide and   
   RW>EV> was made of Steel.   
      
      
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