[Hammarlund] aligning pointers on HQ-170A

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

I don't have a 170 but I did have a Hammarlund in the past (I wouldn't 
mind having another). When I look at the picture in the PDF manual I 
have I see the same little knob to the right of the right hand dial. On 
the Hammarlunds I have used and the one I owned that little knob moves 
the feducial (the pointer or whatever you wish to call it) on the right 
hand dial. It's probably not a good idea to bend the parts inside the 
radio to get things lined up.

I'll actually read the manual to see how that knob is actually used on 
the 170. I can't just skim through a PDF very easily so that will take 
some time.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 11/15/2015 10:57 AM, Robert Sauvan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been working on my HQ-170A and have noticed in the past that my 
> pointers do not align on the center marks in the windows. I can put it 
> where one of the pointers lines up on say, the left frequency window, 
> but the pointer alignment is off at least one hash mark on the right 
> window and not lined up on the center mark on the face plate. I would 
> assume they both should line up in both windows at the same time 
> according to pictures in the manual. It appears in the manual that 
> both of the dials with the aligning marks are connected by a small 
> arm. There is also a spring attached to the left dial which is 
> attached to the arm connecting both dials. It almost appears as if I 
> were to stretch the small spring a bit, I could get them to align 
> because the left dial will always return to the same spot when I try 
> to push it to stretch the spring. Not sure how the spring is being 
> used since it appears that the dials are connected by the arm. I hope 
> this makes some sense. Has anyone had any experience with this? Im 
> trying to avoid pulling off the whole faceplate but if that is what I 
> need to do I will. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks-Bob-W0YBS
>