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| Reviews Summary for Lafayette HA-350 |
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Reviews: 4
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Average rating: 1.5/5
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MSRP: $130-190
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Description: Amateur only 80-10Meters
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WA8THK
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Rating: 3/5
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Aug 27, 2006 16:38
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ok for 40 years old
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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always wanted one since 1966... found one at a local swap today. Ok for a 40 year old radio.
no 160 meters or warp bands.. touchy main tuning knob.. If you find one for around $20 to $30 range its ok.. I will keep it for a few months then will sell or give away for someone else to play with...
Perry
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KQ6EA
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Rating: 1/5
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Jun 30, 2004 03:44
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Whatta POOCH!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I just finished re-capping one of these, replacing some resistors, and aligning it. I agree about the sensitivity, in fact it's almost too hot. You wind up using the RF Gain as a volume control, and running it wide-open almost makes it break into oscillation. And there's a few other minor irritations, like the tuning speed is too fast, the AGC is fixed at some bizarre rate, the BFO doesn't track between USB and LSB, the preselector is too sharp, and the workmanship is appalling. GLOBS of solder on most connections, and even a couple that had NO solder on them from the factory! Several of the interconnecting wires were too short, resulting in them being pulled tight around corners, and having the insulation cut through and shorting to ground. Maybe this one was a "Monday" or "Friday" radio, but it's just NOT a very good receiver, even after doing the mods I found that supposedly improve it. Unless somebody gives you one of these things for free, RUN, don't walk away from it!
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N8FVJ
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Rating: 1/5
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Nov 3, 2002 12:48
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Dog, nothing else to Say!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Simply a noisy, partly distorted audio output dog. The radio was sensitive enough, but this is at the bottom of the heap. Something just not engineered well.
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N4UE
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Rating: 1/5
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Aug 28, 2002 09:36
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The pits!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I'm going to be generous and give this radio a 1. Bring on the hate mail, but honestly, it's that bad.
I guess I've come a long way from my novice days. My first receiver was a Hallicrafter S-120 (woof woof). I upgraded to a Lafayette HE-80 (another review). I can remember lusting after the HA-350. I thought it would be a killer receiver.
Late last year I was able to get 3 or 4 of these (I'm trying to forget), and try them out.
1. Appearance. These were made by Kenwood / Trio. The wiring was quite nice and if you have a mint radio the chassis appears nice and bright (gold di Chromate ?). However, they appear to corrode very easily. I never cared for 'green' radios and that includes Heath. However, Lafayette, did use that nice 'pebble' finish. It hid the scratches well. Evidently, the main tuning knob is highly desirable, as 2 of the 3 I had, had non orignal main knobs. I have also seen some (same radios?) on E-Bay, the same way.
2, Performance. Although this radio has 12 (??) tubes, I'm not sure what they are all there for. Above 14 Mhz, these radios were as deaf as a rock. On all the examples I had, you could barely hear the calibrator signal on the higher bands. I treaked the IF stages and it made little improvement. Maybe in the radio's defense, I should have checked all the bypass and coupling caps. The Main tuning knob has some gear reduction, but it is still waaaay too fast. This makes tuning in SSB difficult (if you can hear then at all).
Osterman rates it: 1 star, $55-95.
All in all..... not much. Believe it or not, in spite of this I am looking for a nice one for my boat anchor Museum. I guess I need something to compare all the '5' radios to.
have fun
ron
N4UE
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