Hammarlund HQ-100A Communications Receiver Video #3 - Tube Pin Voltages Checked

[@jimgiordano8218]

Hey Jim, I'm from L.I. where the "Tun-O-Power is made, the town pronounce "Hop-Pog".

[@stevec5000]

Clip leads you can buy these days do not have the wires soldered to the clips, they just fold the end over and mash it down which may or may not make contact. Due to this problem with poor assembly you have to take the ends apart on all your clip leads now and solder the wires to the clips to make sure they will work!

[@hestheMaster]

Doesn't Jim have tube testing socket adapters to check for resistances and voltages while the receiver is in operation? Some radio repair shop. They only cost $30 max. now a days. So handy for testing for what he needs here.

[@randomsteve4288]

He does have tube extender test sockets. He used them years ago on the FM frontend ECC85/6AQ8 tube of the Nordmende he butchered. So he has at least an extender for the Pico-9 /B9A/Miniatur Noval socket. But look at the state of his shop and test equipment; half of it broken, not working, giving false readings or just plainly being toys. Instead of making new videos on "repairs" of customer equipment, he should take time to get his shop tools in reliable trustworthy working condition.

[@tommybewick]

By the way, Jim is like the groundhog Day. Same thing different day. He's been doing this for like 15 years and he acts like he doesn't know what he's doing. I just don't understand.

[@robert-nv1qn]

According to sources on the internet Hauppauge is pronounced Haw - pogg. It took only seconds to get an answer

[@robert-nv1qn]

For the viewer's information V3 is indeed a 6c4. As such the radio only uses pins 1, 3, 4, 6 7. It is not uncommon to see the unused pin sockets not installed. This breaks my heart. If, indeed, one has fixed thousands of radios all this should not come as a surprise. Jim has repeatedly said that he does not read the comments and does not have the time so this just between us kids. Maybe he should try repairing a R-390 with a complete alignment. A practice I employ is: Place a bit of heat shrink tubing on all but the tip of a meter probe. This minimizes the problems arising from a slip. Or use a small clip lead from the meter probe to the point to be measured. Do this when the radio is off and turn it on to make the measurement. Old age and experience are the friends of even those who are self-taught. even though stubbornness might come with old age - at 80 y/o I try to learn something new every day.

[@silverXnoise]

The old cranks that apparently only exist to complain about this channel are every bit as repetitive and infinitely more exhausting than Greg, who’s at least happy to be here.

[@robert-nv1qn]

As this channel doesn't seem to be related to actual fixing of radios - I will have a little fun. You can tell if you are not a native of here if you cannot properly pronounce these names. skamokawa, Steilacoom, Sequim, Yakima, Spokane, Issaquah, Pend Oreille, Geoduck (no it is not the state bird), semiahmoo, Aeneas 2 out of 10 is not a bad guess. If you could pronounce all of them then you can expect coffee refills to be free.

[@randomsteve4288]

4:26 If that "continuity tester" just uses the current needed for the LEDs to light to indicate continuity, it is a worthless toy. At least several 100mA should be passed to judge the connectivity of such things as clip leads, which you expect to have low interconnection losses. And everybody except Jim would know by now that all these chinese crocodile clip leads need to be serviced from the get go and checked at regular intervals. First the connecting wire isnt soldered but just crimped to the alligator clip. And to make matters worse, most of the time the center conductor is stripped, then folded back onto the wire insulation, and then both of them together are "crimped" to the clip, to fail on the making of full electrical connection and strain relief... And on top I seen many times where the nickel plating of these clips flaked off the underlying steel right at the crimp lashes. Not even talking about copper clad wire being used for the connecting wire with the copper plating coming off the aluminium core.- makes for great fun trying to fix the clip leads by soldering the wire to the alligator clamp like it should be. And is it just me wondering what Jim does to the clip leads he dismisses? Return them to the pile of spare clip leads or convince himself to fix them on Saint Nevereverday?

[@silverXnoise]

What a lengthy block of confident nonsense. Testing at greater currents will do nothing to verify a lead that’s not being used to test such a current. If anything it would conceal potential continuity issues that were only extant at lower currents, via the very interstitial flaws you claim necessitates higher currents.