[Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26

[Les Locklear]

Outta the frying pan into the fire.................that SX-28A needs to have 
all those caps replaced too! It isn't near as easy to acess the caps in the 
rf section in that one. Looks like you have your spring break figured out!

Les Locklear
Monitoring Since '57
Located On the Gulf of Mexico
Gulfport, MS.
http://www.hammarlund.info/homepage.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>; "hammarlund" 
<hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26


> Yes I thought so, I'm not going to power it up again until I've changed 
> out all the bad caps, damn! Well, anyway for a consolation prize I picked 
> up an SX-28A, powering it up right now on a variac and a DX-100 with a 
> nice old Astastic mic with a base today, gotta hurry up and take the ham 
> tests,
>
> Bob Young
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
> To: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26
>
>
>> Sounds like bad capacitors - Time to get to work Bob!
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
>> To: "Ziegenbein, Randy" <rziegenbein at volcanotherapeutics.com>; 
>> "hammarlund"
>> <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26
>>
>>
>> > Yes it does but not instantly, it takes a few seconds to come back on.
>> > Even if the RF gain is all the way down when I switch it to AVC it's 
>> > clear
>> > and blasts for a second or two becomes more and more distorted and then
>> > blanks out, this take maybe 2-3 seconds total. It then seems to take a
>> > second or two to recover after the AVC switch is shut off.
>> >
>> > Bob Young
>> > Millbury, Ma
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Ziegenbein, Randy" <rziegenbein at volcanotherapeutics.com>
>> > To: "Bob Young" <youngbob53 at msn.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:19 AM
>> > Subject: RE: [Hammarlund] first SP-600 JX-26
>> >
>> >
>> > Does it come to life if you back off the rf gain?
>> > 73, Randy
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> > [mailto:hammarlund-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Young
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:14 PM
>> > To: hammarlund
>> > 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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