[Hammarlund] HQ180 Alignment

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

There's a HUGE difference in getting the quite small
tuning range of a hamband only receiver to track
and accomplishing the same thing with a general
coverage receiver!
 
73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City, OK  * In my many years, I have come to the conclusion that one useless * * man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is Congress. *  * -- John Adams (1735- 1826) *  > From: ewirtz at hbci.com> To: kirklandb at sympatico.ca; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ180 Alignment> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:10:49 -0600> CC: > > Hi, troops,> > Thanks to all of you for your very helpful suggestions. I'll let you all > know how I do with this old girl. Actually it works quite well and is very > sensitive, but my HQ170A can be zeroed easily and there's really not that > much difference in the two.----Well, onward and upward. With winter coming > on here in MN I need a good head scratcher to keep me busy anyway.> > Thanks again,> > Ed, KØBKA> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Kirkland" <kirklandb at sympatico.ca>> To: <ewirtz at hbci.com>; <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:30 AM> Subject: RE: [Hammarlund] HQ180 Alignment> > > > 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> >> >> >>_______________________________________________> >>List Administrator: Duane Fischer W8DBF> >>** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com **> >>----> >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hammarlund> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > List Administrator: Duane Fischer W8DBF> > ** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com **> > ----> > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hammarlund> > > > > _______________________________________________> List Administrator: Duane Fischer W8DBF> ** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com **> ----> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hammarlund
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