[Hammarlund] Than You Very Much!!

[Rodney Bunt]

The second Gain control is a standard mod for the SP-600, it is an IF gain control.

Rodney
VK2KTZ

--- Dave Faria <Dave_Faria@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all for the posts.  For those this is a JX-17 I got at a hamfest
> for $20.  It was missing all the knobs top and bottom covers for the RF
> Turrent.  On friend gave me the knobs(he did not have the red ones for the
> 17) but, All shafts have the correct knobs.  The radio powered up without
> any problems and played.  I let it run for several days on a 600 ohm load
> and lost the output xfmr for some unknown reason.  Another friend gave me an
> output xfmr.  I am hoping to open the bad xfmr and find a break at the
> terminal that I can repair.  The xfmr opened on the primary side.  All
> BBOD's have been change out - the RF Deck and the one in the mixer coil on
> the side are a pain.
> 
> This radio has got two mod.s one for a panadapter and the other seems to be
> a 2nd RF gain control.  The new gain control was located where the dial lock
> use to be located.  There is a marked on the panel where a dymno label use
> to be over the 2nd gain control.  Both mod.s appear government installed.
> 
> Like I say I'm working on the mechanical but, I'm also repainting the front
> panel.  I picked up some aircraft paint stripper today.  The closest match
> for the front panel was Rustolem smoke gray.  I will reapply a zinc/chromate
> primer b4 repainting.
> 
> One more question - the RF Turrent cover has some corrosion that has to be
> polished off.  Is ther an easy SAFE way to replace the satin finish??
> 
> Thanks Agn
> Dave Faria WA5TEZ
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