[Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil

[Mike Cornell]

My Halli did require realignment but it's easy on that little guy.  I've aligned an HQ110 and 170 and those weren't too daunting ~30 minutes.

> From: rayfrijr at msn.com
> To: elespe at lisco.com; hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:41:54 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ-180 alignment w/rewound coil
> 
> 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" 
> > <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> > 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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