Re: Hammarlund HQ-170

No manual. Don't recal about the RF switch being for the power or not.
Radio is tucked away in a closet.
"SR" <mercury@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11jns2kgdrt6u42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hey Jim, yes it has a nice looking 24 hour clock on the upper left
> conner. This is just about the largest radio I had ever seen. Other
> then maybe military radios.
>
> Do you have a manual for your radio?
>
> Too bad it's not an all band radio. But their is a lot of space in the
> inside. I hope in time I could exspand it.
>
> Is the RF button the on/off button for the whole radio?
>
> 73 SR!
>
> Jim Hackett wrote:
> > Mine is an "A" model. It has a clock. Does yours?
> >
> >
> >
> > "SR" <mercury@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:11jn02d5fd5ve59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>I got a Hammarlund HQ-170. Not the Hammarlund HQ-170A. I am not sure
> >>what the (A) stands for or what is the differences in these models.
> >>
> >>The radio is big and it works. I do not have any instructions for it
> >>yet. But I was able to buy a manual, which should come to me sometime
> >
> > soon.
> >
> >>The radio is very sensitive. And it has no speaker. I am using a small
> >>speaker and sometimes headphones. Sometimes it can over power the
> >>speaker and headphones
> >>
> >>When I pick up a signal, say a voice, it does not sound as clear. The
> >>sound need to be better clarified. Although I play around with the
> >>buttons, and try to figure out how to better tune in a signal.
> >>
> >>The radio has no volume button, so I use the NOISE LIMITER button and RF
> >>botton to adjust the volume acordingly.
> >>
> >>There is a AF button but I am not sure what it does. When I bring it up
> >>the signal get stronger.
> >>
> >>There is a ANTENNA button, I guess that works like a antenna turner.
> >>Which I also use the MFJ 956. I wonder if I could use them both?
> >>
> >>I am not sure what the SLOT/FREG and the SLOT DEPTH buttons are for.
> >>
> >>The radio has a few terminal screws in the rear. (A, A, G, 6m and SPKR)
> >>I have two alagator clips on A and A and to a PL 259 coax connector then
> >>too my MFJ 956 tuner then to my antenna switcher then to my homebrew 90
> >>feet coil dipole or to my 8 foot fiberglass whip.
> >>
> >>I have the G (I guess this is for gound), on a clamp and to my radiator
> >>pipe.
> >>
> >>6m must be for the 50 MHZ! VHF
> >>
> >>SPKR is this for 2 speakers or 1?
> >>
> >>I plan to find a way to add a rear female coax connector to the back of
> >>the radio so I could better connect it to a PL259 coax.
> >>
> >>I wonder if their is a way to add a frequency counter to this radio?
> >>
> >>Their is one button missing. Their is a small piece of metal sticking
> >>out under the clock. Is their a way I could set the clock?
> >>
> >>Behind the clock their is a rod in the inside and it reaches the back
> >>with a hole. Maybe that is the way to set the clock. Their is another
> >>hole like that on the other side on the SLOT FREQ side. But I do not
> >>see a rod behind it. It their suppose to be one?
> >>
> >>Also I notice a few holes in the back and inside a plasic you can turn
> >>with a scew driver. Not sure what that is for.
> >>
> >>I hope I could find extra tubes and fused should I ever need them.
> >>
> >>And I wonder how others who have this radio feel about it?
> >>
> >>73, SR!
> >
> >
> >


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