[Hallicrafters] HT-44/SX-117

[Duane Fischer]

Mike, 	
	
Common sense is the rarest form of human intelligence. We ignore the
obvious and reject the logical procedures. As mike discovered, and as is
true for all of us, he already knew, leave nothing to chance. Assume
nothing. Cover all bases. It can help you avoid needless worry, frustration
and potential serious problems down the foggy path to tomorrow.	
	
Enjoy the pair Mike, they ae fabulous!	
	
R.A. Miller	


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From: Langston, Mike <MLangston at HCPRICECO.com>
To: glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu; Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Hallicrafters] HT-44/SX-117
Date: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:57 AM

I hope this may help someone else. I recently completed refurbishing and
aligning this pair. No significant problems until I went to connect them
to my coax switch (selects rig in use) and Dow-key relay. Sensitivity
was way down on the SX-117. It had worked fine on the bench with just a
piece of wire during alignment.

 

I'll make a long story short. I spent 2 hours checking all the cables,
coax switch, relay for shorts/opens and everything was fine. I don't
know what made me do it, but I grabbed a screwdriver and tightened one
screw on the SO-239 receptacle where it attaches to the chassis and that
did it. Needless to say, I then tightened the other 3. I felt like an
idiot. Tonight I plan on tightening the SO-239 attachment screws on all
my rigs. It's amazing how well it was insulated from the chassis by
oxidation. I routinely tighten hardware where it attaches to the chassis
but overlooked that receptacle (on every rig I've worked on).

 

73,

Mike KL7CD

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