[R-390] Hammarlund HX-500 Help Needed

Wed, 25 Dec 2002 15:02:19 -0600

Hi John: I just finished the basic antenna installation on 12/23, having
started 10/31 (been real busy). The kit is well made, good instructions,
nice quality materials etc. At this point I don't have the radials in, the
ground froze here a
couple of weeks early this year. I left a tail of wire at each ground rod
though, and will be using that as a ground ring. The plan is to run 36
radials cut for 80 meter phone as described in the manual which will be
silver soldered to the ground ring. I have installed the band switch ,
static protection & lighting protection as described @
http://www.webbworks.com/crstrode/18ht/18-ht.htm      The site also has
great info on installing radials. The band switch is only necessary for
the 160 coil which I will add next month. The antenna is performing as
advertised, no tuner needed on 80,40, & 20.  I need to add a small amount of
load capacitance on a tuner to keep SWR under 1.8/1, but I haven't went and
adjusted the stubs for those bands yet, so it should be a no tuner required
antenna. Have had good solid reports on signal  ( running a TEN TEC Delta
580 barefoot @ 100 watts). The antenna seems to be well worth the
effort, and besides it is an awesome appearing antenna to boot! 73'Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "John H. Gindlesberger" <[email protected]>
To: "Jon & Valerie Oldenburg" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Hammarlund HX-500 Help Needed

> Hi Jon,
> I saw your post on the R-390 list and was interested in your HyGain
antenna.
> I've been contemplating buying a HyTower and was curious about your
> experiences in usage, installation, and quality.  I've been a fan of
> verticals for a long time and this one seems like the most durable.  Just
> curious.
>
> John
> WA8FNJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon & Valerie Oldenburg" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 11:51 PM
> Subject: [R-390] Hammarlund HX-500 Help Needed
>
>
> With the new H.F. antenna completed ( Hygain HT-18 HyTower 54' vertical)
and
> performing well, today it was time to start getting my Hammarlund station
on
> the air.  The work on the HX-500 Transmitter went very well today, test
the
> tubes, resolder a few areas of old repairs & mods, a slow start up on a
> VARIAC and all is well, good sounding rig putting out a solid 100 watts
key
> down in CW, the SSB sounds very good also. I have a HQ-170 to match up
with
> it, but here's the clincher. The rear panel of the HX-500 has a 14 pin (
> well blade actually) socket for the cable to interconnect the station. The
> plug measures 2 3/16 w x 3/4h , there  are 7 horizontal lugs over 7
vertical
> lugs.I have a copy of the manual (and the factory mods bulittens) for the
> rig but they don't list a part number.  Anyone have a spare, or a source
for
> this?
> Thanks in advance Jon AB9AH
> "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
>  - Mario Andretti
>
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