[Hammarlund] HQ-180 followed me home

[Bob Camp]

Hi

For several years I have been looking for an HQ-180 in good shape. I 
always have thought they were a very neat radio. Last weekend a very 
nice HQ-180 snuck into the car and seems to have followed me home. It's 
one of the ones above the 13xx serial number so it has the factory 
installed fine tune knob on it.  On plug in it seems to work ok except 
for the usual scratchy volume controls.

So here's the questions -

1) Were there any significant differences within the HQ-180 production 
run once they did the fine tune knob?
2) Are there any "magic" parts that should be checked before the radio 
is turned on again?

 From what I have seen in the past the adjustable coil cores are an 
issue on a lot of radios and the HQ-180 seems to have that problem. The 
clocks also seem to die, but the clock on my HQ-110 didn't work back in 
the 1960's.

	Thanks!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ