[Hammarlund] Newbie HQ-180A Owner Needs Help!

[Kim Herron]

Hi again Gordon,
>Ditto what everyone said about antennas.
>If you are going to try to clean the outside, stay away from spray cleaners
>like 401. use very mild detergents or diluted Simple Green. Also, the
>plastic dials can be ruined with the wrong cleaning agents. I'd leave them

Please, please , PLEASE, try the Murphy's Oil Soap before you use ANYTHING 
ELSE!!!!
      It's the ONLY thing I've found that doesn't F**K up the coil bases 
later on.  You can spray it right on and in the
chassis and in WILL not eat anything except the smoke and the dirt.  409 
WILL corrode the aluminum shielding
underneath and the IF can covers, attacks the coil bases and the caps 
inside, and the simple green just takes longer
to do the same thing.  It's the same chemical makeup just a different 
strength.  Stay away from the Scrubbing Bubbles as
it will etch the paint and make a mess of the dials.  Murphy's in the spray 
bottle is the only thing that I've found that doesn't
make more work later.

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Thanks!!

Kim Herron  W8ZV
1-616-677-3706