[Hammarlund] Hammarlund Digest, Vol 172, Issue 4

[Richard Knoppow]

    My s-meter is also orange. I don't think its original but 
discoloration from the internal pilot light. I think you just 
have to live with it.
    The calibrations for the antenna trimmer seem to be painted 
on the escutcheon. My guess is that it was originally done with a 
silk screen. I suspect one could make a silk screen to duplicate 
it. I am not an expert at that.

On 3/24/2020 4:33 PM, Ray LaRue wrote:
> My 129X is apparently an early model because it does not have 
> 15 meter band spreading.
>
> The panel is in very good condition and has nice clear white 
> lettering, but the escutcheon around the dials looks to have 
> some spots in the paint, which appear to be small flakes off of 
> the krinkle paint.  It shouldn't be much of a problem to remove 
> the escutcheon and repaint it.  However that would cover the 
> numerals for the antenna comp.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to replace those 
> numbers so they look much like the other nomenclatures on the 
> panel?
>
> In addition, the S-meter window is quite orange in color.  Is 
> that original?  Or that just the result of old age plastic?
>
> Your attention is appreciated.
> Ray, W4BYG
>
>
> On 3/23/2020 5:07 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>> FWIW, the dials on my 129 are not yellowed but the dial window 
>> is. I need to make new windows, does not look difficult. I 
>> just have too much going on to get to it.
>>    Sometime I will find replacement dials for my HQ-120-X The 
>> original dials have delaminated. Not fixable, have to be 
>> replaced. This set was worked over by someone before I got it. 
>> Without tuning dials that work its hard to know if the 
>> receiver works right.
>>
>> On 3/23/2020 11:53 AM, A R wrote:
>>> Very curious.
>>> I have one early 129-X with the red panel lettering, and two 
>>> later production with the white lettering. Here's the curious 
>>> thing:
>>> Later production with s/n 14200 does NOT have the 15m 
>>> bandspread.
>>> The earlier late production s/n 13777 DOES have the 15m 
>>> bandspread.
>>> Both of the later production models have main and bandspread 
>>> dials that are not discolored (yellowed).
>>> I suppose it's possible that s/n 13777 was retrofitted by an 
>>> owner before I took possession with the b/s dial with 15m 
>>> legend. Do you know if Hammarlund offered replacement b/s 
>>> dials with the 15m scale?
>>>
>>> Allen--W7GIF
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>>> Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
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>>> *Subject:* Re: [Hammarlund] Hammarlund Digest, Vol 172, Issue 4
>>>    FWIW, the official designation for frequency became Hertz in
>>> 1960.
>>>
>>> On 3/23/2020 11:22 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>> >    I wonder if any HQ-129-X were made with 15 meter dials. I
>>> > think they had already replaced the  129 with the 140 by then.
>>> > Possibly there were replacement dials but I have never seen
>>> > anything in the literature about them  Of course, the 129 
>>> works
>>> > fine on 15 meters, you just have to make a logging scale 
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Richard Knoppow
>>> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
>>> WB6KBL
>>>
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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL