[Hammarlund] HQ-120X no audio

Jim Wilhite w5jo at brightok.net
Tue Mar 30 22:51:25 EDT 2010


Check the Headphone Jack.  If the contacts are dirty, no speaker audio 
but you should hear it in headphones.  Is there some sort of jumper on 
an accessory plug?


Jim/W5JO

----- Original Message ----- 

> Hello,
>
> I just purchased a "restored" HQ-120X. Cosmetically, the case, panel,
> chassis, etc, looks like it was just manufactured. The electrolytic
> capacitors have all been replaced, and so has a great deal of the 
> wiring.
> However, there is no audio output. I do not have a schematic right 
> now. The
> radio appears to tune, as I can tune to a known station and see the S 
> meter
> deflection, but it appears that there's nothing on the audio stage. I
> removed all the tubes and tested them, with no issues. I don't have a 
> VTVM
> anymore to go poking around, so does someone have a schematic they 
> could
> email me, or possibly give me an idea which components that may be 
> "known"
> to go bad in the audio stage?
>
> Thanks,
> Darryl



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