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 
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 ----- 
  From: Steve 
  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. 
  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 
  get somebody to build a voltage-controlled audio oscillator (tuning aid) for 
  you; I think there was an article back in 1996 QST, maybe the July issue. 
  Handihams may also have those available.

  You could probably put a jack across the rig's meter and one on the tuner, 
  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 
  the oscillator as you could tune for max output.

  You might be taking a bit more of a chance on some older tube equipment 
  without knowing its condition.  If it hasn't been run in awhile, you could 
  have some capacitor problems, particularly with the plate circuit.  With the 
  exception of power supplies, you don't see that kind of issue with 
  solid-state equipment because the operating voltages are more around 48V on 
  the collectors.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  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, =
  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 =
  heath kit hw101, the whole station!
  The ham that has it is, n1qt, and he wants $225 if someone buys it =
  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 =
  it was!
  Problem is, all the knobs on that thing! I still would buy the mfj949E =
  antenna tuner, even though the radio is so forgiving!
  I know the first thing to do on a frequency is, adjust the driver =
  preselecter on the hw101 for loudest noise, then, I would adjust the =
  capacitor on the tuner for loudest noise, then, I would adjust the =
  roller inducters for loudest noise as well!
  But the problem then is, all those knobs. Folks, when I had my hw101 =
  back in 1979, I used the tuning aid from handihams, and it was perfect, =
  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 =
  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 =
  was so forgiving, my goodness, what a rig!
  73,
  Trippy, ac8s, sitting here druelling, hi hi!