[Hammarlund] Hammarlund Reflector Activity

[Dan Martin]

Bill, on the 140X are you planning to do a sweep alignment of the 455 kHz IF (amplitude, symmetry, and coincidence!) or simply peak all the IF cans on a fixed 455?

I’ve used both approaches and, in my opinion and experience, the sweep alignment is the better approach. That said, in addition to the necessary equipment, of course, you better have a long, rainy weekend and nothing else to do since, at least for me, the sweep method is a long, long, over and over process. No start-at-Z4-and-finish-at-Z1 about it! We’re talking about simultaneous 8 levels of chess here. 🙂

Dan
WB4GRA 

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> On Nov 22, 2023, at 4:54 PM, William Shadid <W9MXQ at wi.rr.com> wrote:
> Nice to see some activity on here. There is a lot of Hammarlund iron out
> there and we need to talk about it!!
> 
> 
> 
> Did anyone else participate in the Hammarlund Radio Hullabaloo, W4H, 16-18
> November? I was on with one station with a successful SSB contact running a
> Drake TR7 along with a separate Hammarlund HQ-215 Receiver on the receive
> side. The W4H station was at the old Mars Hill, NC, factory location. In
> fact, the operator I talked to at W4H said, "he was sitting 25 feet from
> where my HQ-215 came off the assembly line."
> 
> 
> 
> In addition, I was prepared with a Hallicrafters SR-150 using a separate
> Hammarlund HQ-170AC-VHF on the receive side - but no contact with the event
> was made. Also gave a try with a Drake TR-4CW-RIT paired with a Hammarlund
> HQ-180C - but I regret that I made no contact with that station, either.
> Other contacts were made with all three setups that weekend. 
> 
> 
> 
> The Hammarlund Radio Hullabaloo was sponsored by the High Appalachian
> Mountain Amateur Radio Society, of Marshall, NC.
> 
> 
> 
> In addition to the HQ-215, HQ-170AC-VHF, and HQ-180C that are on the air
> regularly, I am working to bring a nice HQ-140-X-A back to life. 
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, no Hammarlund transmitters here at the present time.
> 
> 
> 
> Let's hear what others are doing with their Hammarlund radios. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73, Bill Shadid, W9MXQ
> 
> W9MXQ at wi.rr.com <mailto:W9MXQ at wi.rr.com>  
> 
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