Hi there it's raymond is this a famous racial these are great on marine and short wave am l think they are made in England they were very expensive when they came out and they are top receivers great marine radios and short wave
Before I heard you speak, I mistook this receiver for a Collins. The dials kind of look alike. I would have one of these - anytime - over the supermodern 'waterfall' devices they now sell. Thanks for the video.
@@m.9243 thank you for your comments. There is something about the sound and about the ability to play with all of the controls and manually bring the signal into where you want it to be. It is actually therapeutic for me.
Hello Nickers' Owner ;-)). When engineers did this,. Its original proud idea was; made it to last for ever!.. 🤔 just like radios today ;-(( Have good health to enjoy your joys plenty 📻👌🙋
Maybe we will see a comparison between Hammarlund and this. At this point I'm thinking to buy a Hammarlund from US to UK. But i think the valves will not survive....
@@ultravy the valves commonly called tubes here in the US, are easily replaceable. I have bought several valve radios from Germany and had them successfully shipped to Texas. The shipper needs to know what they’re doing and pack the box correctly. But you are right you cannot always trust that they will do the right thing, because it is not easy to do. that being said, I think the Hammarlund radios are incredible, and awesome radios. They used components that were top shelf. Their capacitors and all the electronic components seem to hold up better than most of the other tube radio manufactures from the 1950s and 60s. At least in my opinion. If you take a totally excellent Hammarlund HQ 180 and a totally excellent Racal RA17, it would be really hard to tell the difference in performance. The problem is, in 2024, you have no idea what the condition is of either Radio, unless you are the electrical engineer who refurbished both of them. If you watched all of my HQ 180 videos, you know that I had to replace all of the tubes (valves), and I had to clean all of the switches with DeOxit. This was relatively easy to do, but it needed to be done and now the radio is one of my absolute best radios in my whole collection. I was very lucky with my RA 17 as it is an awesome performer right out of the box. This rarely happens for me. I usually have to fix shipping damage or just fix age related things with all these old radios because they are 50, 60, 70 years old. If you have the ability to try out a radio before you buy it that’s always the best thing but again both of these radios in perfect operating condition, It would be hard to tell them apart performance wise. Good luck! Let me know how you wind up.
I dreamed of owning one of these as a teenager in the seventies.
Beast!!😍
Great receiver, I know , I only have four of them !
Hi there it's raymond is this a famous racial these are great on marine and short wave am l think they are made in England they were very expensive when they came out and they are top receivers great marine radios and short wave
I love mine!!! The super long dial tape is so accurate!!! English marine radio quality!!
Before I heard you speak, I mistook this receiver for a Collins.
The dials kind of look alike.
I would have one of these - anytime - over the supermodern 'waterfall' devices they now sell.
Thanks for the video.
@@m.9243 thank you for your comments. There is something about the sound and about the ability to play with all of the controls and manually bring the signal into where you want it to be. It is actually therapeutic for me.
Wow what a 📻 radio I love it
@@Atomshamradio thank you!
@ you very welcome thanks for sharing love to own one very cool radio
Hello Nickers' Owner ;-)). When engineers did this,. Its original proud idea was; made it to last for ever!.. 🤔 just like radios today ;-(( Have good health to enjoy your joys plenty 📻👌🙋
@@pruebasytecnica thank you for your comments!
That is money dead on
esa radio primera es radio exterior de españa y si lo hubiese dejado de seguro hubieses esuchado el cierre de transmision para onda corta
That’s a radio I use all day
Maybe we will see a comparison between Hammarlund and this. At this point I'm thinking to buy a Hammarlund from US to UK. But i think the valves will not survive....
@@ultravy the valves commonly called tubes here in the US, are easily replaceable. I have bought several valve radios from Germany and had them successfully shipped to Texas. The shipper needs to know what they’re doing and pack the box correctly. But you are right you cannot always trust that they will do the right thing, because it is not easy to do. that being said, I think the Hammarlund radios are incredible, and awesome radios. They used components that were top shelf. Their capacitors and all the electronic components seem to hold up better than most of the other tube radio manufactures from the 1950s and 60s. At least in my opinion. If you take a totally excellent Hammarlund HQ 180 and a totally excellent Racal RA17, it would be really hard to tell the difference in performance. The problem is, in 2024, you have no idea what the condition is of either Radio, unless you are the electrical engineer who refurbished both of them. If you watched all of my HQ 180 videos, you know that I had to replace all of the tubes (valves), and I had to clean all of the switches with DeOxit. This was relatively easy to do, but it needed to be done and now the radio is one of my absolute best radios in my whole collection. I was very lucky with my RA 17 as it is an awesome performer right out of the box. This rarely happens for me. I usually have to fix shipping damage or just fix age related things with all these old radios because they are 50, 60, 70 years old. If you have the ability to try out a radio before you buy it that’s always the best thing but again both of these radios in perfect operating condition, It would be hard to tell them apart performance wise. Good luck! Let me know how you wind up.