[Hammarlund] SP-600 HFO Alignment

[Roy Morgan]

To all,

Are there any reliable reports on how the performance of the radio is actually affected if the tuning cap plates are not centered axially?

-Bad frequency alignment?

-Disrupted tracking? 

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass

> On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> 
> ...it is possible for the stators to drift out of centering. Easily fixed without damaging the capacitor.
...
> 
> The tuning cap must be removed. Tedious ...

>> On 3/24/2020 8:11 AM, k2cby at optonline.net wrote:
>> I would repeat in boldface underlined Never bend the plates of the tuning
>> capacitor! It is undoable and a death sentence so far as proper alignment is
>> concerned.