[Hammarlund] Questions on HQ 180 restoration

[Roy Morgan]

At 09:33 AM 9/6/03 -0400, Tubsc66@aol.com wrote:
>Hi All,
>     I've recently begun to dig into my HQ 180  ...has developed an annoying
>"sizzling" sound in the audio which litterally sounds like bacon frying.

This means you have leaky capacitor. You must replace them  Do not delay.. 
Do not run the radio until you to. (your output transformer may be just 
fine.. so far.. but not for long..)

Roy


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