Harry,

No those items are no longer available.

A product called "ATOM" which stands for Audible Transmitter Output Monitor 
may be of use to tune older tube type transmitters.

You can check out this device at:

blind-ham-products.com

Hope this helps.

73

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:35 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!