Beautiful Vintage Hammarlund HXL-1 Tube-Type Amateur Radio Linear Amplifier

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Beautiful Vintage Hammarlund HXL-1 Tube-Type Amateur Radio Linear Amplifier:
$460.00

Beautiful classic Hammarlund HXL-1 linear amplifier in excellent working condition.This amplifier is from a local estate. You will see a small brass plaque on the front towards the bottom that says Leonard E. Wilson W5NVT. Len was a lifelong ham who owned and operated Walker Radio (now Walker Electronic Supply) in Albuquerque for many years. I met him when I was a high school kid and needed to buy an 807.Covering 80, 40. 20, 15, & 10 meters this grounded-grid amplifier uses two 572B tubes. It is rated by the manufacturer as 1.5 KW PEP SSB, 1.0 KW CW, 500 watts AM, and 600 watts RTTY or controlled-carrier AM.This amplifier sat on a shelf collecting dust for many years -- one of the pictures shows how dusty it was when I removed it from its cabinet.The amplifier contains an internal T-R relay and biases the 572B tubes completely off in standby so that there is no \"shot\" noise coming from conducting finals.First made in 1964, this is a very stable, very easy to use, very efficient amplifier.This amplifier makes full power with ease. It was removed from service many years ago when Len died. I brought it up very slowly over a week from zero to full 240 volts in order to preserve the good working condition of the electrolytic capacitors. I\'m happy to say there were no surprises.A true boat-anchor, this amplifier weighs 66 pounds before packing material and a carton. Accordingly it won\'t be cheap to ship -- please bear that in mind.The amplifier is currently wired for 240 volts. If the successful buyer will let me know what kind of connector he/she wants -- collinear 2-blade, twist-lok, etc. I\'ll provide one if I have one in my collection. Otherwise it will come with the new power cord I attached to it (the old rubber one had rotted) and tinned conductors ready to accept your connector or to be hard wired into a safety switch or fuse block.This amp is a twin to one I\'ve used for years -- I really don\'t need two of them!!A photocopy of the instruction manual will accompany this amplifier.This amplifier will be professionally packed by the FedEx Office staff to ensure that it arrives in as good a condition as it leaves here.