[Hammarlund] aligning pointers on HQ-170A

[Grant Youngman]

There may be some wear in the spots where the connecting rod(s) attaches to the marker fudicials. 

I've had several 170/180 radios and they all suffered from this to some extent or another.  I'm not entirely sure that this wasn't common with even new ones. 

Grant NQ5T

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> On Nov 15, 2015, at 10:38 AM, Robert Sauvan <rsauvan at beyondbb.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes that is correct, but, when I align the hairline on the right side with the knob,to line up on the escutcheon plate mark, the left side is not lined up on the escutcheon plate mark. They both will not line up together. Looking at the manual, they should be. That is the problem I am running up against. I have loosened the wheel inside the radio that is connected to the knob you are referring to as this is what turns the dials together, but, it does not make any difference regardless of how I reposition the wheel on the right dial plate. Ugh.
> 
> Bob-W0YBS
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11/15/2015 9:24 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>> 
>> I'm getting better at skimming through the electronic manuals. That little knob to the right of right hand dial moves the hairline over the right division on the dial itself. See the part of your manual that covers "CW Calibration with the crystal marker".
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
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