[Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil

[RAY FRIESS]

Does it require realignment after replacing those caps?


> From: elespe at lisco.com
> To: hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:28:25 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil
> 
> They can be replaced with new sm capacitors or I actually repaired mine with 
> epoxy and devising a clamp to compress the brass rivet tight while epoxy 
> set.  Worked perfect after that
> Paul K0UYA
> 
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> From: "RAY FRIESS" <rayfrijr at msn.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 9:33 PM
> To: "Robert Sauvan" <rsauvan at beyondbb.com>; "Hammarlund Mail List" 
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> 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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