[Hallicrafters] Cyclone SR400 questions

[VK2ACC]

Hi all,

I recently imported from the US to Australia an SR400 (red logo) + PS500A to restore.

After slowly (over 1 week) bringing up the voltage on a variac I have only replaced the finals (one valve was shorting the grid bias) and the panel lamps so far.

But I'm still a learner so I have some questions for any Cyclone original series owners : 

1) When you turn on your Cyclone, does the antenna relay click over to receive immediately ? I get about about a 15 second delay.

2) When you turn on with the meter switched to RFO/S what does the needle do ? Mine pegs to the right then drops down after a few seconds. - I think I also have an AGC problem, the S meter is hard to adjust.

3) What voltages is your PS500A delivering? - I have switched my supply from 110V to 220V and get B++ 830V, B+ 260, Bias -130V, Heaters 12.9V.

4) The PS500A instructions say to increase the bias control to maximum when you start adjustments, but I have not found any mention of decreasing the power supply bias control to an optimum setting later. Any ideas ?

Cheers
Andrew
VK2ACC