[Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26

[Bob Young]

I've taken off the bottom and see several black beauties, they're like 
termites aren't they? There are ten for every one you see? I forgot to 
mention the replcament S meter doesn't work anyway, I get voltage at the 
terminals and no deflection. Do these work with the AVC switch in both on 
and off position? I'm getting voltage both ways unlike my 180 which only 
works with AVC on,

Bob Young


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wq3x at epix.net>
To: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26


> Hi Bob -
> I would just leave the lettering as is. There are a lot of other 
> non-standard things about the rcvr -- wrong S-meter, replaced toggle 
> switches, etc. so why agonize over the lettering? It doesn't look bad. 
> Does it have the black beauty caps? I wouldn't even run it if so, because 
> you can overheat the dropping resistors feeding the caps. I think the JX26 
> was late enough that it probably has disc ceramics. So that would avoid an 
> awful lot of work. If you remove the bottom cover you can easily see this. 
> Good luck with the beast. I am up to 3 of them now. Very manly receiver!!!
> Russ WQ3X
>
> >
> > From: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
> > Date: 2006/03/08 Wed AM 02:13:30 EST
> > To: "hammarlund" <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26
> >
> > I got my first SP-600 today which incidentally was on ebay a few weeks 
> > ago,
> > here are the problem(s):
> > The AVC does not work, when the switch is up in the AVC position, it 
> > gets
> > very loud for a second or two, then gets very distorted and blanks out 
> > all
> > the sound for a few seconds, even with the switch in AVC off then it 
> > comes
> > back. It receives on all bands but is VERY insensitive and noisy on all
> > bands except for the bottom two bands and even there I'm sure it should 
> > be
> > more sensitive. The dial calibration is excellent, everything is where 
> > it
> > should be pretty much, WWV is at 2.5, BCB's are very close within a few 
> > kHz.
> > Most of the tubes tested good although several tested marginal and one
> > (6AC7) tested dead. I can see why people fall in love with these radios,
> > solid, solid, solid.
> > The lettering is black instead of white which must be a repaint, the 
> > front
> > panel paint is nice, is there an easy way to repaint the lettering 
> > white?
> > Maybe get some white enamel and wipe it into and across the engraved 
> > letters
> > with a rag? I have seen and downloaded the cap article there and expect 
> > to
> > do that and completely re tube it. Any help of hints advice will be
> > appreciated,
> >
> > here are some pictures of it which the former owner took:
> >
> > http://home.inreach.com/papillon/eBayPics/Hammerlund/
> >
> > Bob Young
> > Millbury, Ma
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