W8UT's SP-600 PROJECTS
I really like these old bandcruisers. They're fun to
work on, and really pull in the signals. Calibration (for an analog dial)
and stability is excellent. The first one shown below was done in late
2000, and was the 4th one I've done since mid-1999,
all have found new owners. I plan to someday keep one for myself, and have
a good candidate now (Summer, 2002) awaiting my attention.
In the meantime, I have worked on another, for it's owner, and have put an
account of it's progress below. It was in good, complete, condition as he
sent it to me, including an SPC-10 sideband adapter. It apparently had
been subjected to military or government use, as it had heavy deposits of
nicotine stains on the front panel, but very little in the way of nicks and
scrapes. I was to completely check it out, re-cap, replace out of
tolerance parts, refurbish cosmetically as needed, align, etc. I do not
normally do "outside" work, but this one was a good opportunity to
work on a very nice example of of one of my favorite subjects.
During the year of 2002, I became involved with the Hammarlund Historian
website, which has been completely renovated and is being added to
regularly. I recommend that if you are interested in Hammarlund equipment,
and SP-600's in particular, that you visit our website - www.hammarlund.info
We have incorporated a service section, which includes a very detailed account
of re-capping the SP-600, written by Ray Vasek, W2EC.
SP-600 recapping,
by Ray Vasek, W2EC
SP-600-JX-26 s/n 11368
December, 2000
I've reduced the pix to "thumbnails" so the page will load faster. Just click on the small pic to enlarge it.
This particular receiver is now being enjoyed by a new owner. I've included some details of my other work below, but to see a great account of the work involved in reworking one of these, go to:
SP-600 recapping, by Ray Vasek, W2EC
SP-600-JX-10 s/n 6363 (done in Winter '02-'03)
SP600-JX21 s/n 19487 (done in Winter '02-'03)
Northern Radio SP-600 (done in Spring '03)
SP-600-JX-14 s/n 8655 (done in May-June '04)
SP-600-JX-14 s/n 9386 (done in Oct. 2004)
SP-600-JX-1 s/n 4706 R-274A s/n 1613 (done in Apr. 2005)
SP-600-JX-1 s/n 4596 R-274A s/n 1965 (done in Aug. 2005)
SX-28 to see the SX-28 project
Radio to see HB SSB XMTR (home page)
comments to anchor@ec.rr.com
And remember: "They don't make tubes nowadays like they used to..."
This page last updated on 09/20/2005.