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Title: HQ-110A Manual Mistake
Post by: K3ZS on November 14, 2008, 09:55:01 AM
I picked up an HQ-110A from a widow the other day.   I made sure it lit up and made noise in the headphones.    I found that it seemed completely unaligned.     Started to tweak the piston cap for the oscillator on 80M and the frequency of the test signal didn't change at all.  I eventually found that the manual had all of the trimmers labeled all backwards in the manual.    The poor guy who had the receiver must have tried to align it using the manual.    It is the top-looking-down diagram of all the trimmers and coil slug adjustments and is in the 1962 Hammarlund  HQ-110A manual.   It looks like the engineers and tech writers didn't communicate.    It now works fine, looks like the last guy didn't mess with the IF or RF alignment.



Title: Re: HQ-110A Manual Mistake
Post by: W1EUJ on November 14, 2008, 10:17:40 AM
We should write an engineering change order for that.


Title: Re: HQ-110A Manual Mistake
Post by: Carl WA1KPD on November 14, 2008, 12:52:26 PM
Make sure Hammarlund follows an ISO process for that!

Carl

/KPD


Title: Re: HQ-110A Manual Mistake
Post by: WU2D on November 15, 2008, 03:33:13 AM
Hold it - this may be an ITAR issue. Frank - issue an RMA and have it checked by the facility security officer.

The manuals and documentation on some of the older ham gear is "quaint" to say the least. Some looks hand typed. the Globe stuff is awesome.

Mike WU2D
AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands