[Hammarlund] HX-500 trials

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 28 Apr 2016 at 6:47, Rodger Singley wrote:

> As others have noted I am leaning towards a calibration error with the OP's
> meter.  It would be good to check the meter against another instrument, a known
> reference voltage (high accuracy zener references are pretty cheap now, or at
> least against a fresh carbon zinc C or D cell to check basic meter calibration. 
> 
> Rodger WQ9E

I agree. The voltages are too high, and too consistently high, to be much 
other than a calibration error, it seems to me.

I also find that if the line voltage input to the transformer is really 109 VAC, or 
something close to that, how can his transformer output 900 VAC unless it is 
some weird special unit, yet he says it is "factory original"?

Furthermore, in my experience ANY shorted turns anywhere in a transformer, 
but especially in the secondary, would result in a burnt up transformer in very 
short order, yet he says that there is, apparently, no unusual heat problem.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

Ken W7EKB