[Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil

[RAY FRIESS]

Now if someone could come up with a fix for those little ceramic capacitors on the bottom of the coils that cause all
kinds of static crashes when they go bad.



> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:26:10 -0600
> From: rsauvan at beyondbb.com
> To: hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil
> 
> Hi all,
> Been kinda quiet on the reflector so thought I would throw this out 
> there. As you recall, I rewound my 40 meter coil which turned out 
> surprisingly well. Had to buy a signal generator that would put out a 
> 60khz tone so I could do a complete alignment on the HQ-180. Didnt have 
> that on my other signal generator.  Did an alignment after receiving 
> many tips, mentioning that the wrong data was in print in some of the 
> manuals. But, after reading the numerous notes and sifting through it 
> all, the alignment went quite well. I think Im getting the hang of this 
> stuff. The receiver is working quite well now and I have hopes it 
> remains that way for quite some time.
> 
> Now, on to the next project that has been sitting, waiting for the new 
> transformer from Heyboer. Dont know if any of you remember, but, the 
> transformer in my HX-50 went south so I ordered a new one from Heyboer 
> and they mentioned that it will be built next week. Keeping my fingers 
> crossed that this transplant goes as well as the HQ-180.
> 
> 73 for now and thanks for everyones help in getting me through these issues-
> Bob-W0YBS
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