[Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil

[Mike Cornell]

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Had a Halli S-107 I was working on over the winter with silver mica disease to the point where I could see arching through the bottom of the IF.  After trying several caps in the suspected range, I found one that gave good peaking.

> From: njmikec at hotmail.com
> To: rayfrijr at msn.com; rsauvan at beyondbb.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:17:49 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil
> 
> Had a Halli S-107 I was working on over the winter with silver mica disease to the point where I could see 
> 
> > From: rayfrijr at msn.com
> > To: rsauvan at beyondbb.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:33:55 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil
> > 
> > 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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