[Hammarlund] HQ-150 Panel Lettering

[Les Locklear]

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Les


----- Original Message -----
From: Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com>
To: Dan Martin <pitfit at comcast.net>, <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 3/22/2025 10:45:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] HQ-150 Panel Lettering
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> Here is a photo of the same receiver at different exposures and angles.
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> Les
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Martin via Hammarlund <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> Reply-To: Dan Martin <pitfit at comcast.net>
> To: <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 3/22/2025 10:25:51 AM
> Subject: [Hammarlund] HQ-150 Panel Lettering
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> Working with an HQ-150 panel here and after washing and polishing the panel the 
> raised control lettering gleams and glistens in its unfinished aluminum style. 
> Unfortunately, at most angles of viewing and light the lettering is almost 
> invisible and unreadable in contrast to the painted panel surface.
> 
> I’ve worked with a number of HQ-140’s and 150’s in the past and currently have 
> two others in the shop, all with white raised panel letters.
> 
> As these are >raised<, not >engraved< characters, a white waxed pencil/paint 
> stick fill-in and a swipe of a cloth with WD-40 (etc.) won’t fix this.
> 
> Ideas? It’s a pretty panel but at typical desktop viewing angles the knob and 
> control legends cannot really be read.
> 
> I’m sure my panel cleaning did not cause this since I noticed the lettering was 
> not white and in contrast to the panel when it arrived in my shop, prior to 
> cleaning. Did Hammarlund have a run of raised unfinished aluminum panel 
> markings?
> 
> Dan
> WB4GRA
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