Make no service shipments to the factory unless

instructed to do so by letter, as The Hallicrafters

Company will not accept responsibility for
unauthorized shipments. .

The Hallicrafters Company reserves the

privilege of making revisions in current production of
equipment, and assumes no obligation to incorporate
such r e v s ion s in earlier models.
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SECTION VIII ALlGNMENT .

PROCEDURE
WARNING 2. A Vacuum Tube Voltmeter (VTVM);
Hewlett-Packard Model 410B, or equivalent
LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGE IS PRESENT VTVM having an RF probe good to 30 MC.
WITHIN THIS EQUIPMENT. BE CARE-
FUL WHEN INSTALLING THE UNIT,
WHEN MAKING BIAS ADJUSTMENT, 3. A dummy Load; 50 ohms non-reactive,
AND WHEN PERFORMING CHECKS rated at 300 to 500 watts. Bird Wattmeter 01'
UNDER THE CHASSIS. equivalent. The load may be made up of carbon
resistors totaling at least 300 watts dissipation.
8-1. GENERAL.

The Model SR-500 T'ransceíver has been

4. A DC Voltmeter having a 5 -volt or l O-
volt scale for final plate current measurements
accurately aligned and calibrated at the factory and,
when using the Model PS-500-AC Power
with normal usage, will not Jequire realignment for
Supply or a 0-500 MA DC milliammeter when
extended periods of time. Service or replacement of a
using the Model PS-500-DC Power Supply.
major component or circuit may require subsequent
realignment, but under no cír cumstances should
realignment be attempted unless the malfunction has be
en analyzed and definitely traced to mis-alignment.
5. AF Signal Generator; Hewlett-Packard
Model 200 AB 01' equivalent.
Alignment should only be performed by per sons
experienced in this work, using the proper test
equipment. 6. Ballantine voltmeter or equivalent, cap-
able of measuring 1 to 4 millivolt Ievel,

NOTE 7. A general-coverage receiver covering

the frequency range from 3 MC to 30 MC with a
100-KC calibrator.
Do not make any adjustments unless the
operation of this transceiver is fully 8-3. BIAS ADJUSTMENT.
understood and adequate test equipment is
available. Refer to figures 12 and 13, the top
The final amplifier bias, must be properly set
and bottom views of the tr ansceiver, for the
before an - extensive che cks are made on the
lo e a t ion s of all adjustments.
transmitter por tíon of the Model SR-500.

8-2. EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.
1. RF Signal Generator; Hewlett-Packard
Model 606A or an equivalent signal generator
having up to 1 volt output at an impedance of 70
ohm s or less. Throughout the alignment
procedure, unless otherwise specified, the signal
generator output is unmodulated.
8. \~ e . o: the AC power
supply (PS-
500-AC), proceed as follows:
9. Befóre turning the transceiver on, co ect
a DC voltmeter to the two jacks on the power
supply (see figure 15), positive to red and
negative 'o blue. Set the voltmeter on a low scale
(2.5 volts 01' 3.0 volts), There
a ID-ohm resistor across the tip

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