[Hammarlund] HQ-180 sounding right?

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Thu Sep 25 11:57:24 EDT 2014


On 24 Sep 2014 at 19:55, Robert Sauvan wrote:

> Wow,
> Thanks for all of the replies. I will sort through everything to see if 
> I may find the problem. I will try the replacement of the v8/v16 since I 
> think I have extras. SSB seems to be OK. CW signals just seem to be way 
> to "sharp" for lack of a better term.

Well, as several of us have mentioned, your AGC circuit seems to be the 
center of the problem. Two others suggested that the AGC circuit may not be 
working at all, at least in CW. After thinking about this a bit more, I agree.

> I do not have access to Electric 
> Radio magazine but I will see if I can find one as Ken W7EKB suggested. 
> It would be a good article to read.

You might give Ray at ERMAG.COM a call and see if you can buy the single 
issue. I am sure he would be happy to oblige.

> Will let everyone know if I come up 
> with something to cure the issue. Sounds like I might not be crazy 
> thinking something may be wrong with the radio..

No. You're not. There IS a problem.

Ken W7EKB


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