[Hammarlund] Hammarlund Digest, Vol 172, Issue 4

Mon Mar 23 12:35:55 EDT 2020

Mine has the red lettering  and no 15 meter scale, which make me think it's
an elder-radio.  Also because it works only on megacycles, and not on
megahertz.

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>    1. Re: Age list of HQ-129-X? (Grover Zinn)
>    2. Re: Age list of HQ-129-X? (Don Cunningham)
>    3. Re: Age list of HQ-129-X? (JThorusen)
>    4. HHI email reflector search tool broken (Larry H)
>    5. FW: [Hallicrafters] Achieve Help (Gary H. Harmon, Jr.)
>    6. Re: Age list of HQ-129-X? (Richard Knoppow)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:35:43 -0400
> From: Grover Zinn <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu>
> To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>,
>         Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Age list of HQ-129-X?
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> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 10:01 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <
> kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > As far as I'm concerned the HQ-129X is a really good receiver. I have
> one,
> > given to me in
> > lieu of a bill owed to me, which I need to dig into asap.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
> >
>
> My first "real" receiver was an HQ-129X (had one of the war surplus
> aircraft radios for 80m first). Loved it. Reworked the RF stage with a
> circuit that plugged into the tube socket. Sold it when I downsize, but now
> have a HQ-140X that I need to use! Boatanchor is an understatement when it
> comes to the weight of these receivers---on the other hand all that metal
> makes them what they are!
> Grover  ex-W5VYU
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:04:28 -0500
> From: Don Cunningham <donc at martineer.net>
> To: hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Age list of HQ-129-X?
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> I also have two of the HQ-129X in the repair queue.? Both have the white
> lettering, but are not stored where I can see the serial numbers.? I am
> currently working on reviving a Super Pro SP-400-X and an SP-600, so the
> 129's and an HQ-180 will have to wait.
>
> Hayseed filter caps have always worked fine for me, and are the first
> things I do before even firing the rig up initially.? I am more of a
> "user" than doing restorations, I just like the old receivers.
> 73,
> Don, WB5HAK (formerly WPE5CTN MANY years ago, HI)
>
> On 3/20/2020 4:17 PM, Ray LaRue wrote:
> > I have acquired a rather nice HQ-129-X in good physical condition.? I
> > have not yet recapped it but will get to it shortly.? I am pairing it
> > up with a nice rebuilt Johnson Ranger for an operating "classic"
> > station, to go along with my rice boxes.
> >
> > Is there a list of serial numbers online where I could estimate it's
> > age??? The serial number on this one is #14574, stamped into the back
> > of the chassis.
> >
> > Your attention is appreciated.
> > Ray, W4BYG
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:23:45 -0700
> From: "JThorusen" <jthorusen at centcoast.com>
> To: <Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Age list of HQ-129-X?
> Message-ID: <006901d5ff38$83266280$0201a8c0 at HamShackWin7>
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> Greetings to the list:
>
>    On the subject of  HQ-129-X receivers, I have one that I acquired in
> later years to re-create my novice station of 1963 (HQ-129 and Johnson
> Ranger).   The 129 I have now works well, but I would really like to find
> my
> original one if it exists.   It can be identified by a 4-pin Cinch-Jones
> connector that is mounted on the chassis behind the rear-most IF can on
> the
> left side of the receiver, next to the 0C3.   This was power for a
> Heathkit
> QF-1 Q-Multiplier.   When I had it, it had already been re-capped; the new
> caps were white plastic caps similar to the yellow ones we find common
> today.   It also had Dakaware knobs for the main tuning and band spread.
>
>    I would be happy to trade my current 129 plus cash for my original or
> buy
> it out right, assuming it is in equivalent condition to the one I have
> now.
> If it is totally trashed, we can negotiate.   Last seen in Santa Barbara,
> California, probably in late 1960's or early 1970's.
>
> Thanks,
> James K. Thorusen
> KB6GM
> jthorusen at centcoast.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grover Zinn" <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu>
> To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>;
> <Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 20:35
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Age list of HQ-129-X?
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 10:01 PM Kenneth G. Gordon
> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > As far as I'm concerned the HQ-129X is a really good receiver. I have
> one,
> > given to me in
> > lieu of a bill owed to me, which I need to dig into asap.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
> >
>
> My first "real" receiver was an HQ-129X (had one of the war surplus
> aircraft radios for 80m first). Loved it. Reworked the RF stage with a
> circuit that plugged into the tube socket. Sold it when I downsize, but now
> have a HQ-140X that I need to use! Boatanchor is an understatement when it
> comes to the weight of these receivers---on the other hand all that metal
> makes them what they are!
> Grover  ex-W5VYU
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:15:43 -0700
> From: Larry H <larry41gm at gmail.com>
> To: R-390 Forum <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>,        Hammarlund Forum
>         <Hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>,   "Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net"
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> Subject: [Hammarlund] HHI email reflector search tool broken
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> Hi,  I just tried to use the 'HHI email reflector search tool' for the 4th
> time today and it is broken.  Here's the link:
>
> http://www.w9wze.net/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Perhaps a different search tool.
>
> Regards, Larry
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:00:48 -0500
> From: "Gary H. Harmon, Jr." <gharmon at idworld.net>
> To: "Hammarlund" <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>,
>         <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Hammarlund] FW: [Hallicrafters] Achieve Help
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> Here is the link for using the search option.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK - HAM Radio, HEATHKIT, and ATARI Archaeologist
> 6003 Archwood
> San Antonio, TX 78239-1504
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> manualman at juno.com
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 2:32 PM
> To: gharmon at idworld.net
> Cc: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Achieve Help
>
> Copy and paste this link to your browser.
>
> https://w9wze.net/ReflectorSearch/SearchReflectorForm.php
>
> Watch for possible wrap around to the second line.
> Follow the simple instructions. Since this searches the archives I
> believe, from current, to way back into the 90's, the seach time could be
> several minutes.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:06:54 -0700
> From: Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: hammarlund at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] Age list of HQ-129-X?
> Message-ID: <8ede4876-981f-7434-98ba-3bbf0081c4e1 at ix.netcom.com>
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>
>  ?? The SP-400 is a very fine receiver. My first station receiver
> was a surplus BC-779, a version of the SP-200. The 40Mhz version
> used a different arrangement for the RF stages with parallel fed
> plates, series fed in the standard and MF models. I am not sure
> what is in the 400. I think the 400 may not have the Faraday
> screens in the antenna coils.
>  ?? One thing all of the series need is a regulator for the LO. A
> VR-150 under the chassis works fine but the plate resistor for
> the LO should be changed from 12K to about 8K. Without the
> regulator the LO tends to pull with the AVC voltage. The late 400
> also had a TC cap in the LO across the tuning capacitor. I don't
> know the value, maybe about 5pF, N-750. Will reduce the warm up
> drift. I let mine run all the time and it was very stable that
> way. Since mine had been modified when I got it I tried all sorts
> of things in the RF, converter, and LO. The original circuit
> works about as well as anything. Mine had the cathode coupled
> triode mod shown in an old CQ magazine. It worked but the
> original circuit works better. The modified circuit may have been
> quieter but it loaded the RF coils so reduced RF selectivity.
>  ?? Anyway, its worth putting some work into. I still have this
> receiver.
>  ?? I have two SP-600-JX receivers on the back burner. My problem
> is that I can't lift them any more. Hayseed Hamfest makes a
> correct power supply cap for them. If yours have the original
> paper caps they need a complete recaping. You may find a few mica
> caps bad too. Check the 51pF cap in the BFO since it seems to
> develop a jump.
>  ?? Do NOT bend the tuning capacitor plates. They should be
> straight. However, the stators and fixed with screw clamps and
> fiber washers and can drift off. They are not difficult to
> re-center. Some people seem to have done plate bending to get
> calibration. Of course they make it impossible and its usually
> impossible to straighten out the plates again. I think they were
> trying to compensate for mis centered stators.
>
> On 3/20/2020 9:04 PM, Don Cunningham wrote:
> > I also have two of the HQ-129X in the repair queue.? Both have
> > the white lettering, but are not stored where I can see the
> > serial numbers.? I am currently working on reviving a Super Pro
> > SP-400-X and an SP-600, so the 129's and an HQ-180 will have to
> > wait.
> >
> > Hayseed filter caps have always worked fine for me, and are the
> > first things I do before even firing the rig up initially.? I
> > am more of a "user" than doing restorations, I just like the
> > old receivers.
> > 73,
> > Don, WB5HAK (formerly WPE5CTN MANY years ago, HI)
> >
> > On 3/20/2020 4:17 PM, Ray LaRue wrote:
> >> I have acquired a rather nice HQ-129-X in good physical
> >> condition.? I have not yet recapped it but will get to it
> >> shortly.? I am pairing it up with a nice rebuilt Johnson
> >> Ranger for an operating "classic" station, to go along with my
> >> rice boxes.
> >>
> >> Is there a list of serial numbers online where I could
> >> estimate it's age??? The serial number on this one is #14574,
> >> stamped into the back of the chassis.
> >>
> >> Your attention is appreciated.
> >> Ray, W4BYG
> >>
> >
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> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL
>
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