{"id":19674,"date":"2016-06-25T07:28:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T11:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19674"},"modified":"2016-06-25T07:28:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T11:28:39","slug":"colins-hammarlund-hq-120x-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/colins-hammarlund-hq-120x-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin’s Hammarlund HQ-120X restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to Colin Snow for sharing the following photos and commenting on his Hammarlund HQ-120X restoration. I originally noticed his photos in the Extreme Shortwave Listening group<\/a> on Facebook and he kindly wrote up descriptions for each image to be published here on the SWLing Post:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hammarlund HQ-120X restoration<\/h2>\n

by Colin Snow<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund<\/a><\/p>\n

Purchased on eBay March, 2016. Hammarlund HQ-120X (1939 restored) and PSC\/10 speaker (1939 original). The radio was frist restored by KE7RD, the collector who owned this unit for years. This was a late production version. It has 6K7’s instead of 6S7’s (good). The O\/P TRANS has been replaced and an SO-239 added. It was recapped and aligned both IF + RF and works well on all bands.”<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had the cabinet repainted locally at NRI Sandblasting and Coating with a black semi-gloss crinkle powder coat paint. I cleaned the chrome part of the handles with Quick Glo and stripped and painted the two shoulders with black gloss enamel.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had the speaker enclosure stripped and painted at the same time as the cabinet with the same black semi-gloss crinkle powder coat.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The original 1939 speaker was a 10″ Jensen. It worked, but I wanted the best possible sound. This current production model Jensen fit exactly.<\/p>\n

\"HAmmarlund-HQ120X<\/a><\/p>\n

White lines for the knobs were done using white out. The lines are grooved so I just gobbed it on and wiped off the excess.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-Faceplate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had the faceplate rescreened by Adam’s Precision Screen Printing, Inc. San Leandro, CA. They created a film positive first, then a negative screen.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-9\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was a perfect job. The color and sheen matched original. This should last longer because it is an epoxy ink that has been baked to harden.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-knobs\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The lettering came out clean. Even though they made a 1.5X negative they still had to create artwork for the fonts. The original letters were just etched into to aluminum. It looked like it was done by hand.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Funny how words change. We now say “megahertz”, not “megacycles.”<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ-120X-DialLight\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I refurbished the dial windows myself. They were easy to strip and I used a flat black enamel spray. The S-meter glass was dirty so I disassembled it and cleaned with Quick Glo.<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Still works after all that!<\/p>\n

\"Hammarlund-HQ120X-12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Its final resting place is my office and looks pretty good next to an original Tiffany’s lamp. I have a second listening post.<\/p>\n

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Colin, I can see that you spared no expense to restore this Hammarlund HQ-120X and it has paid off–an absolutely gorgeous job!<\/strong> I love how its “final resting place” is in a part of your office\u00a0that gives it an appropriate amount of space–a place to be admired and, more importantly, enjoyed. \u00a0I bet the 120 sounds simply amazing!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks again for sharing these photos and your commentary, Colin!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Colin Snow for sharing the following photos and commenting on his Hammarlund HQ-120X restoration. I originally noticed his photos in the Extreme Shortwave Listening group on Facebook and he kindly wrote up descriptions for each image to be published here on the SWLing Post: Hammarlund HQ-120X restoration by Colin Snow Purchased on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,3,139,43,4796],"tags":[5218,2897,5216,5217,5214,5215],"class_list":["post-19674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-colin-snow","tag-hammarlund","tag-hammarlund-hq-120x","tag-hammarlund-hq-120x-restoration","tag-hq-120","tag-hq-120x"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-57k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22567,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/mr-carlson-restores-and-repairs-a-hammarlund-hq-140-x\/","url_meta":{"origin":19674,"position":0},"title":"Mr. Carlson restores and repairs a Hammarlund HQ-140-X","author":"Thomas","date":"December 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Moshe, who writes: Hi Thomas! 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