On Wed, 25 May 2005 01:35:13 +0200, "Georg Richter"
wrote:

Georg Richter wrote

Dear all,

Maybe an unpolite start?

I know the quality of this BA.
Last Sunday I was walking five hours along a flea market,
found a Hammarlund 600 and was playing with the mechanic.
It seems it was OK, but unrestored.
The asked price was 180 Euro, but I have limited space :-(
Do you think I should bite my ass?

Maybe not because of the price but your professional answers instead?

Excuse me asking,
excuse my bad english,
Good bye!

GR



Forgive us, we have watched too much TV and are easily distracted by
an unfamiliar colloquialism. I picked up a SP-600 for $300 at a
hamfest 3 yrs ago and it's a great radio. In a limited, station by
station comparison to a Drake R-8 which I aquired this very afternoon,
the SP-600 on a 45' t2fd seemed slightly more sensitive and had
slightly more pleasant audio than the Drake on a 110' wire fed through
a ICE matching transformer. Nothing scientific, but pretty good for a
53yr.old receiver. Having said that, until the last 2 or 3 yrs. of
manufacture the SP-600s were made with a failure prone type of
capacitor sometimes known as the "black beauties of death." So unless,
upon removing the bottom cover, you see a mess of ceramic disc
capacitors, there will be a fair bit ofwork involved. I lucked out and
a previous owner had performed that labor of love on mine. There are a
lot of resources of the web for this radio, (hats off and many thanks
to Les Locklear and James Moorer,) and even a video available to help
you through the thorny patches, should you decide to take that bite.
Good luck, Steve Maus