Restoring My Scott SLRM - EH Scott Radio Enthusiasts2024-03-29T06:11:34Zhttps://ehscott.ning.com/forum/topics/restoring-my-scott-slrm?commentId=3925821%3AComment%3A97717&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOMG Ken ! You mentioned the…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-12:3925821:Comment:1428232024-02-12T07:30:08.199ZMichael Lawtonhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/MichaelLawton
<p><br></br> OMG Ken ! You mentioned the New England Wireless & Steam Museum. I first went there as a kid, maybe 10 or 11 years old. It had been written up in an article in Yankee Magazine. At the time it was just the radio museum, and was run by the old man who owned the farm it is on. He fired up the spark gap transmitter in the room reproducing the radio room of a ship from the early 1900s. I remember how loud it was, and the smell of the ozone it generated in the air. He was a wonderful…</p>
<p><br/> OMG Ken ! You mentioned the New England Wireless & Steam Museum. I first went there as a kid, maybe 10 or 11 years old. It had been written up in an article in Yankee Magazine. At the time it was just the radio museum, and was run by the old man who owned the farm it is on. He fired up the spark gap transmitter in the room reproducing the radio room of a ship from the early 1900s. I remember how loud it was, and the smell of the ozone it generated in the air. He was a wonderful fellow, and that visit did much to encourage my study of electronics and lit my desire to collect antique radios. I returned several times much later, in the early 2000s and enjoyed seeing how it has expanded. I also learned over the years that the old man I had met had an Indian motorcycle, For over half a century, from the time I was discharged from the Navy in 1972 until I moved from Providence, RI to Sneedville, TN, I owned and rode a 1950 Indian 149 Arrow. Small world, isn't it ?<br/></p>
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</blockquote> I think I did try to pick up…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-12:3925821:Comment:1430822024-02-12T02:40:59.795ZKen Carrhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/KenCarr
<p>I think I did try to pick up an RCA once (it had been left outside for a few days in the trash and rain). I gave up on it .. too heavy and too messed up. My buddy carried the 600 up to the second floor of my house. Even that is a bit challenging to me. My limit is the HRO-60. A friend had it on the third floor of his house. He said I could have it if I could carry it down myself. I made it. I was much younger and skinnier then!</p>
<p>Nice to hear from you, Scott. If you are ever in the RI…</p>
<p>I think I did try to pick up an RCA once (it had been left outside for a few days in the trash and rain). I gave up on it .. too heavy and too messed up. My buddy carried the 600 up to the second floor of my house. Even that is a bit challenging to me. My limit is the HRO-60. A friend had it on the third floor of his house. He said I could have it if I could carry it down myself. I made it. I was much younger and skinnier then!</p>
<p>Nice to hear from you, Scott. If you are ever in the RI area, I will give you a personal tour of the New England Wireless & Steam Museum. We have more old radios than God. And then there are all the obscure radio parts, literature, etc. We have a great ham shack too. We recently competed in a pre-1930 transmitter contest sponsored by the AWA. We used a 1929 TNT.</p>
<p>Fun stuff! And yes, we have at least one E.H. Scott, a 1933 model.<br/> <br/> <cite>Scott Seickel said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://ehscott.ning.com/forum/topics/restoring-my-scott-slrm?commentId=3925821%3AComment%3A143081&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3925821Comment142819"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Nice looking SP-600 Ken. They are great band cruisers compared to the R-390 for instance. SP-600's were all rack mount, but often they can be found in a 19" rack cabinet. They were actually pretty light weight in comparison to other receivers with their all aluminum construction. Try picking up an RCA AR-88!!!</p>
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</blockquote> That was a great story, Mich…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-12:3925821:Comment:1429172024-02-12T02:23:14.951ZKen Carrhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/KenCarr
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<li>That was a great story, Michael! I picked up on the part about driving from Providence, RI. That is where I was from up until 5 years old. I am now way down south in Hope Valley, RI. The 180 must be good if it is anything like the 170 (ham only) that I have. The SSB sound on that thing is awesome!<br></br> And I had all the catalogs every year too … the closest I ever came to a shortwave radio was the Hallicrafters S120 I got for Christmas in 1962. My dad probably spent a week’s pay on…</li>
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<li>That was a great story, Michael! I picked up on the part about driving from Providence, RI. That is where I was from up until 5 years old. I am now way down south in Hope Valley, RI. The 180 must be good if it is anything like the 170 (ham only) that I have. The SSB sound on that thing is awesome!<br/> And I had all the catalogs every year too … the closest I ever came to a shortwave radio was the Hallicrafters S120 I got for Christmas in 1962. My dad probably spent a week’s pay on that one! See me on Christmas day in 1962 using the radio …. no sound… dad took it on an 8mm B&Howell Filmo. (Sorry about the upside down radio. Something happened and I ran out of time trying to fix it.)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://youtu.be/MzI8nftVQW0?si=PVjz6KqGaf00tYnJ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/MzI8nftVQW0?si=PVjz6KqGaf00tYnJ</a><br/> <cite>Michael Lawton said:</cite></li>
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<blockquote cite="https://ehscott.ning.com/forum/topics/restoring-my-scott-slrm?commentId=3925821%3AComment%3A143081&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3925821Comment142817"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yup, Ken, the SP-600 is an amazing receiver for ham work. For my own uses, as a shortwave listener, it would be even greater overkill than the HQ-180 I bought. LOL ! That was another itch I just HAD to scratch, another Hammarlund I swore to my teenage self I would own someday. I own 4 Hammarlunds at this point, an HQ-129-X which I restored and is a daily driver connected to the antenna on my BACK porch, the Hammarlund HQ-140-X, a Hammarlund HQ-145 which I find is really not much better than the HQ-140-X for my purposes, and the HQ-180 which I have written about here: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=429433" target="_blank">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=429433</a> and here: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=429470&start=0" target="_blank">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=429470&amp...</a> and here: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=432141" target="_blank">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=432141</a></p>
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</blockquote> Nice looking SP-600 Ken. The…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-11:3925821:Comment:1428192024-02-11T23:30:27.472ZScott Seickelhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/ScottSeickel
<p>Nice looking SP-600 Ken. They are great band cruisers compared to the R-390 for instance. SP-600's were all rack mount, but often they can be found in a 19" rack cabinet. They were actually pretty light weight in comparison to other receivers with their all aluminum construction. Try picking up an RCA AR-88!!!</p>
<p>Nice looking SP-600 Ken. They are great band cruisers compared to the R-390 for instance. SP-600's were all rack mount, but often they can be found in a 19" rack cabinet. They were actually pretty light weight in comparison to other receivers with their all aluminum construction. Try picking up an RCA AR-88!!!</p> Yup, Ken, the SP-600 is an am…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-11:3925821:Comment:1428172024-02-11T22:06:45.207ZMichael Lawtonhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/MichaelLawton
<p>Yup, Ken, the SP-600 is an amazing receiver for ham work. For my own uses, as a shortwave listener, it would be even greater overkill than the HQ-180 I bought. LOL ! That was another itch I just HAD to scratch, another Hammarlund I swore to my teenage self I would own someday. I own 4 Hammarlunds at this point, an HQ-129-X which I restored and is a daily driver connected to the antenna on my BACK porch, the Hammarlund HQ-140-X, a Hammarlund HQ-145 which I find is really not much better than…</p>
<p>Yup, Ken, the SP-600 is an amazing receiver for ham work. For my own uses, as a shortwave listener, it would be even greater overkill than the HQ-180 I bought. LOL ! That was another itch I just HAD to scratch, another Hammarlund I swore to my teenage self I would own someday. I own 4 Hammarlunds at this point, an HQ-129-X which I restored and is a daily driver connected to the antenna on my BACK porch, the Hammarlund HQ-140-X, a Hammarlund HQ-145 which I find is really not much better than the HQ-140-X for my purposes, and the HQ-180 which I have written about here: <a href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=429433" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=429433</a> and here: <a href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=429470&start=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=429470&start=0</a> and here: <a href="https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=432141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=432141</a></p> Very nice Hammarlund ! I espe…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-11:3925821:Comment:1430092024-02-11T20:29:40.314ZKen Carrhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/KenCarr
<p>Very nice Hammarlund ! I especially like the brown knobs. That and the change in type of meter seem to be the major external differences between the two.I have not replaced the filter caps on mine (as far as I can remember, anyways). I should follow your lead. If this is like my other Hammarlund receiver (HQ-170), it should have mostly ceramic capacitors which I usually don’t replace. Hopefully yours has mostly ceramics too. These heavy beasts are some of the best receivers ever made. My all…</p>
<p>Very nice Hammarlund ! I especially like the brown knobs. That and the change in type of meter seem to be the major external differences between the two.I have not replaced the filter caps on mine (as far as I can remember, anyways). I should follow your lead. If this is like my other Hammarlund receiver (HQ-170), it should have mostly ceramic capacitors which I usually don’t replace. Hopefully yours has mostly ceramics too. These heavy beasts are some of the best receivers ever made. My all time favorite is the SP-600. I have a rack mount version that came off a destroyer.<br/> <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12378416070?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12378416070?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a><br/> <cite>Michael Lawton said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://ehscott.ning.com/forum/topics/restoring-my-scott-slrm?commentId=3925821%3AComment%3A143081&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3925821Comment143081"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Thanks, Ken. I notice you have an HQ-140-XA. I have an HQ-140-X. It was the first Hammarlund I bought, many years ago now, fulfilling a dream I had ever since I was a kid drooling over them in the Allied Radio catalogs I got every year. I haven't fired it up in a few years now. I think I'll make it my next project and at least replace the power supply electrolytics with the replacement from Hayseed Hamfest.</p>
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</blockquote> Thanks, Ken. I notice you hav…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-11:3925821:Comment:1430812024-02-11T16:27:55.507ZMichael Lawtonhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/MichaelLawton
<p>Thanks, Ken. I notice you have an HQ-140-XA. I have an HQ-140-X. It was the first Hammarlund I bought, many years ago now, fulfilling a dream I had ever since I was a kid drooling over them in the Allied Radio catalogs I got every year. I haven't fired it up in a few years now. I think I'll make it my next project and at least replace the power supply electrolytics with the replacement from Hayseed Hamfest.…</p>
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<p>Thanks, Ken. I notice you have an HQ-140-XA. I have an HQ-140-X. It was the first Hammarlund I bought, many years ago now, fulfilling a dream I had ever since I was a kid drooling over them in the Allied Radio catalogs I got every year. I haven't fired it up in a few years now. I think I'll make it my next project and at least replace the power supply electrolytics with the replacement from Hayseed Hamfest.</p>
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<p>Nice to see you are getting great results! A good antenna makes all the difference in the world. I had my SLRM on top of a military signal generator on the floor of my shop. I could not use it there. Today my neighbor, who is a strong guy, lifted it right up and placed it on a shelf next to my antenna switch. I hooked it up and the reception was amazing! The AM broadcast band and the shortwave bands were bringing in everything. My antenna is a Gap Titan Vertical that takes care of the second…</p>
<p>Nice to see you are getting great results! A good antenna makes all the difference in the world. I had my SLRM on top of a military signal generator on the floor of my shop. I could not use it there. Today my neighbor, who is a strong guy, lifted it right up and placed it on a shelf next to my antenna switch. I hooked it up and the reception was amazing! The AM broadcast band and the shortwave bands were bringing in everything. My antenna is a Gap Titan Vertical that takes care of the second floor hamshack and the basement shop.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12378269685?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12378269685?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a><br/> <br/> <cite>Michael Lawton said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://ehscott.ning.com/forum/topics/restoring-my-scott-slrm?commentId=3925821%3AComment%3A142814&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3925821Comment142814"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I</p>
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</blockquote> I rebuilt The antenna on the…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2024-02-10:3925821:Comment:1428142024-02-10T19:51:49.542ZMichael Lawtonhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/MichaelLawton
<p>I rebuilt The antenna on the front of my house. I also found that it works better if I do NOT connect the outer braid of the feed in coax to the outside of the plug connector, but parallel it on both ends so that only the actual antenna wire is connected to the center pin. The rebuilt antenna is a good bit taller than the first version, and uses 10 meters of wire total in the upper mast of the antenna and the loading coil at the bottom, which is spaced to reduce inter winding capacitance. It…</p>
<p>I rebuilt The antenna on the front of my house. I also found that it works better if I do NOT connect the outer braid of the feed in coax to the outside of the plug connector, but parallel it on both ends so that only the actual antenna wire is connected to the center pin. The rebuilt antenna is a good bit taller than the first version, and uses 10 meters of wire total in the upper mast of the antenna and the loading coil at the bottom, which is spaced to reduce inter winding capacitance. It looks like this:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/667f7bfdab916d978b71607eb9528db6/c09aa651f612a532-dd/s1280x1920/31b2146c8e83dc009780a5d8e2eae0598a3fa180.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/667f7bfdab916d978b71607eb9528db6/c09aa651f612a532-dd/s1280x1920/31b2146c8e83dc009780a5d8e2eae0598a3fa180.jpg?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full" width="400"/></a>It now works VERY well, and I am able to receive stations from the north including CHU at 3.33 and 7.85 MC clearly as well as Zoomer Radio on 740 KC AM. I use the same antenna for the Hammarlund HQ-180 I bought more recently. What is surprising is how the Scott receives the AM signals I am most interested in, being a shortwave listener and not a Ham, almost as well as the HQ-180, considering the difference in their circuits.</p> Sounds like that Deoxit made…tag:ehscott.ning.com,2023-08-16:3925821:Comment:1382492023-08-16T02:14:44.982ZKen Carrhttps://ehscott.ning.com/profile/KenCarr
<p>Sounds like that Deoxit made a big difference. Keep working at the improvements. You have a great radio that is no longer produced and which few people will ever enjoy. We radio people have all the fun!</p>
<p>Sounds like that Deoxit made a big difference. Keep working at the improvements. You have a great radio that is no longer produced and which few people will ever enjoy. We radio people have all the fun!</p>