[Hammarlund] HQ180 Alignment

[Bill Kirkland]

Ed, its been a while since I've aligned a HQ180 but you do need to make sure 
that the
main tuning capacitor is zero'd correctly. I don't remember there being a 
procedure in the manual for this. If memory serves me correctly, before the 
beginning of the frequency bands, there is a vertical bar on the tuning 
dials.  The tuning knobs should stop adjustment when this bar is vertical.

In short you may have to play with the dial alignment wrt the shafts of the 
tuning capacitors.

Good luck.

Bill


>From: "Ed Wirtz" <ewirtz at hbci.com>
>To: <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Hammarlund] HQ180 Alignment
>Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:29:49 -0600
>
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to align an HQ180 and am having difficulty getting the radio to 
>track across any band. I can get it to track at both low and high points 
>but tracking is off almost one whole division in the middle. In fact it 
>gets progressively worse as you move along each 100KHz point on the main 
>dial until you get to the middle. As you continue to the other end it 
>gradually comes back in. In any of this I do not move the band spread dial 
>from the 100 set mark. It's so bad that it is difficult to set any of the 
>ham bands because it is a guess where to set the main dial.
>
>Any of you geniuses out there have any suggestions other than to put it out 
>on the curb?
>
>Thanks and 73,
>
>Ed, KØBKA


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