for harry:

could you send me the link to the hw-101? I'm interested.

Gary Lee
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On Jul 21, 2012, at 3:32 AM, Harry Brown wrote:

> 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!