No, unless you're lucky and find one listed on qth.com or Ebay. There was a
dealer I think in Alabama that used to have some extra tw1's lying around,
but they're probably all gone now.
----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Brown
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: you all ready for these rigs? They're still around!
Hi Steve,
Thank you so much for this info!
I will not buy the hw101 then.
Now you mentioned "If I have a LDG TW1 or a P2000CW accessible SWR =
bridge that I wouldn't need=20
the oscillator as I could tune for max output. Are either of these 2 =
things you mentioned still available on the market, brand new?
Trippy, ac8s
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Steve=20
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: you all ready for these rigs? They're still around!
You can't just adjust your tuner for loudest noise and expect a decent =
Swr.=20
You can adjust the HW101 preselector for loudest noise reliably.
I don't recall if the 949 has a built-in meter or not. If it does, =
you can=20
get somebody to build a voltage-controlled audio oscillator (tuning =
aid) for=20
you; I think there was an article back in 1996 QST, maybe the July =
issue.=20
Handihams may also have those available.
You could probably put a jack across the rig's meter and one on the =
tuner,=20
and make a switch interface to switch between the two.
If you have a LDG TW1 or a P2000CW accessible SWR bridge you wouldn't =
need=20
the oscillator as you could tune for max output.
You might be taking a bit more of a chance on some older tube =
equipment=20
without knowing its condition. If it hasn't been run in awhile, you =
could=20
have some capacitor problems, particularly with the plate circuit. =
With the=20
exception of power supplies, you don't see that kind of issue with=20
solid-state equipment because the operating voltages are more around =
48V on=20
the collectors.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Harry Brown
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:32 AM
Subject: you all ready for these rigs? They're still around!
Hi all,
Well folks, I was on
www.eham.net
and I clicked on classifieds, and folks, there are the following rigs, =
=3D
and this is just the first 6 pages!:
an icom 706, 2 of them,
2 icom 718s,
a heath kit hw16, no fake, there is one there,
a heath kit hw100,
and the one that has my interest, ya ready for this folks? How about, =
a =3D
heath kit hw101, the whole station!
The ham that has it is, n1qt, and he wants $225 if someone buys it =3D
locally, $275 to ship it anywhere in the 48 states!
I'm tellin ya folks, that rig walks and talks!
That's the rig, that I talked about earlier this week, or last, =
whatever =3D
it was!
Problem is, all the knobs on that thing! I still would buy the mfj949E =
=3D
antenna tuner, even though the radio is so forgiving!
I know the first thing to do on a frequency is, adjust the driver =3D
preselecter on the hw101 for loudest noise, then, I would adjust the =
=3D
capacitor on the tuner for loudest noise, then, I would adjust the =3D
roller inducters for loudest noise as well!
But the problem then is, all those knobs. Folks, when I had my hw101 =
=3D
back in 1979, I used the tuning aid from handihams, and it was =
perfect, =3D
just perfect!
So, anyone know how I could tune it today, with all those knobs on it?
If anyone wants to buy it, go for it, I won't stand in your way, just =
=3D
tell me though, so I know that you want it.
Man what a rig!!!!
And folks, I didn't even have an antenna tuner back then, and that =
thing =3D
was so forgiving, my goodness, what a rig!
73,
Trippy, ac8s, sitting here druelling, hi hi!
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