Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
My first rig back in the late 60’s. I worked the world as a 12 year old novice with a couple of 40 meter crystals and a dipole up about 6 feet. David, W4SMT On Sunday, July 3, 2022, 10:18 PM, Kyle Chavis wrote: I guess you got off on a light sentence!! LOL I still have my HW-16 with the HG10B VFO. Guess I should under cover it just to make sure it still works. Although I lost my first two log books I still remember my first contact back in May of 1976. 73 Kyle, WA4PGM On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 10:01 PM Eric Norris wrote: > The HW-16 was a great rig back then, with silent QSK and a good crystal > filter. > > I remember getting frustrated one night, and I cranked the PWR knob past > the red mark on the plate-current meter that showed the 75-watt Novice DC > input plate current limit. I had just turned 17, and worked 50 hrs at > $2/hr to buy that kit. I was going to get a QSO that night even though I > knew the FCC would soon be battering down my door and dragging me away in > handcuffs. > > Good times. > > 73 Eric WN6RVG > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:54 PM Mike Morrow wrote: > > > > I don't know what an HW-16 is. > > > > > > The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled > > CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power > > supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was > sold > > by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but > that's > > equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house > > KX2 50 years later was less expensive. > > > > The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could > > never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the > > one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. > > > > Mike / KK5F > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to norrislawfi...@gmail.com > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wa4...@gmail.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to df...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] HW-16
I prefer the sound of a good analog CW radio like HW16 when looking at the newer full house radios. Many of the new SDR radios mask subtle amplitude variations of the signal and some atmospherics as well... de Wb8yqj Don Carlsbad, Ca. USA Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 22:36:03 -0400 I actually had an HW16 for a little while around 1993. Fun little rig! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
I actually had an HW16 for a little while around 1993. I bought it at a hamfest, complete with the HG10 VFO, and the crystal and what not to reverse the mod that moved it from 15 meters to 20 meters if I so chose. I did not so choose. It was a fun rig, and I had no trouble with it, even tuning eyes-free. Even used it when I was temporarily in a different state as my primary station for a little while. Fun little rig! -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Email: bu...@brannan.name Mobile: (814) 431-0962 > On Jul 3, 2022, at 9:59 PM, Eric Norris wrote: > > The HW-16 was a great rig back then, with silent QSK and a good crystal > filter. > > I remember getting frustrated one night, and I cranked the PWR knob past > the red mark on the plate-current meter that showed the 75-watt Novice DC > input plate current limit. I had just turned 17, and worked 50 hrs at > $2/hr to buy that kit. I was going to get a QSO that night even though I > knew the FCC would soon be battering down my door and dragging me away in > handcuffs. > > Good times. > > 73 Eric WN6RVG > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:54 PM Mike Morrow wrote: > >>> I don't know what an HW-16 is. >> >> >> The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled >> CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power >> supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was sold >> by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but that's >> equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house >> KX2 50 years later was less expensive. >> >> The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could >> never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the >> one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. >> >> Mike / KK5F >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to norrislawfi...@gmail.com > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to bu...@brannan.name __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
I guess you got off on a light sentence!! LOL I still have my HW-16 with the HG10B VFO. Guess I should under cover it just to make sure it still works. Although I lost my first two log books I still remember my first contact back in May of 1976. 73 Kyle, WA4PGM On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 10:01 PM Eric Norris wrote: > The HW-16 was a great rig back then, with silent QSK and a good crystal > filter. > > I remember getting frustrated one night, and I cranked the PWR knob past > the red mark on the plate-current meter that showed the 75-watt Novice DC > input plate current limit. I had just turned 17, and worked 50 hrs at > $2/hr to buy that kit. I was going to get a QSO that night even though I > knew the FCC would soon be battering down my door and dragging me away in > handcuffs. > > Good times. > > 73 Eric WN6RVG > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:54 PM Mike Morrow wrote: > > > > I don't know what an HW-16 is. > > > > > > The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled > > CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power > > supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was > sold > > by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but > that's > > equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house > > KX2 50 years later was less expensive. > > > > The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could > > never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the > > one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. > > > > Mike / KK5F > > __ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to norrislawfi...@gmail.com > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wa4...@gmail.com > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
The HW-16 was a great rig back then, with silent QSK and a good crystal filter. I remember getting frustrated one night, and I cranked the PWR knob past the red mark on the plate-current meter that showed the 75-watt Novice DC input plate current limit. I had just turned 17, and worked 50 hrs at $2/hr to buy that kit. I was going to get a QSO that night even though I knew the FCC would soon be battering down my door and dragging me away in handcuffs. Good times. 73 Eric WN6RVG On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:54 PM Mike Morrow wrote: > > I don't know what an HW-16 is. > > > The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled > CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power > supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was sold > by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but that's > equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house > KX2 50 years later was less expensive. > > The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could > never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the > one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. > > Mike / KK5F > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to norrislawfi...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
On 7/3/2022 1:54 PM, Mike Morrow wrote: It was sold by Heath from 1967 to 1976. That's why I didn't remember it -- my General was '56, Extra in '59. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
Its long-term utility was limited by the one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. It actually was a pretty good CW rig. I used it long after I upgraded from Novice. W1AW used one for their Novice station for awhile. It had true full break-in that worked perfectly. The receiver came standard with a 500 Hz crystal filter. With the external HG-10 VFO you had separate stable transmit and receive VFOs so working split was not a problem. Alan N1AL On 7/3/22 14:54, Mike Morrow wrote: I don't know what an HW-16 is. The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was sold by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but that's equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house KX2 50 years later was less expensive. The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. Mike / KK5F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16
> I don't know what an HW-16 is. The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power supply. It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m. It was sold by Heath from 1967 to 1976. Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but that's equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022. Adjusted for inflation my full-house KX2 50 years later was less expensive. The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could never have afforded one. :-) Its long-term utility was limited by the one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era. Mike / KK5F __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] HW-16
On 2022-07-02 15:49, j...@kk9a.com wrote: It is a Heathkit transceiver - you can own one if you wish:) I remember the tuning knob had an unpleasant rubbery feel. Didn't matter - at that time, I could not afford such high class equipment. - Jerry, KF6VB John KK9A Jim Brown K9YC wrote: Eric, I don't know what an HW-16 is. The PSU for my KPA-1500 sits on a shelf below it. The limitation is the length of the cables that connect the PSU to the RF deck. I don't remember the length -- check the poop sheet on the Elecraft website. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to je...@tr2.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
You learned to know your rig and when to be careful. As a teenager, I had a 2700 volt open breadboard power supply. Ken WA8JXM On 1/26/19 7:38 PM, John Simmons wrote: Speaking of 110VAC antenna relays, I reached in the back of my Novice rig and touched the bare 110VAC contacts on the antenna relay. Youch! I was a little more cautious after that. Bare contacts wouldn't be allowed today in commercial gear. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
Back in those days, Novice class licenses were required to operate with crystal control. You learned to tune at least 10 kc/s (kHz came later) each side of your frequency after calling CQ. Novice segments were on 80/40 and 15m CW only. 2m AM and CW was also allowed. Rigs in those days did not have the calibration and stability to allow Novices to use VFO's. Even upper class licensees needed a secondary standard to check their frequency (e.g. a 100 kHz crystal controlled marker.) Nothing like the rigs today where we trust the dial to be very accurate. Ken WA8JXM On 1/26/19 9:12 AM, Kevin Anderson via Elecraft wrote: The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15 meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16. It took the external HG-10 or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not involving crystals. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
Speaking of 110VAC antenna relays, I reached in the back of my Novice rig and touched the bare 110VAC contacts on the antenna relay. Youch! I was a little more cautious after that. Bare contacts wouldn't be allowed today in commercial gear. 73, -John NI0K John Oppenheimer <mailto:j...@kn5l.net> Saturday, January 26, 2019 4:03 PM Took a look at Heath's HW-16 design. Quite ingenious: Using the PA cathode bypass capacitors and current through a diode to shunt the receiver front end during transmit. Early diode QSK operation. And a neon bulb relaxation oscillator, using grid block keying voltage, for CW sidetone. I enjoy putting vintage stuff on the air for SKN. Heath did not integrating their separates well back in the day, relying on 110V antenna relays. I may have some DX-60A/HG-10B/HR-1680/HS-1681 ideas for next year! John KN5L __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jasimm...@pinewooddata.com Charlie T <mailto:pin...@erols.com> Saturday, January 26, 2019 12:53 PM The first of that type was, I believe a Hallicrafters SR-75, which was quite unique for its day. If I remember correctly, it was basically an S-38 receiver that used the audio output tube as a single stage crystal oscillator & RF out function. Not what you'd call a stellar performer, but it was a first and self-contained in a package which was same size as the S-38. 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Kevin Anderson via Elecraft Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 9:13 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS Hopefully not to belabor this too much (or exceed a cutoff on the conversation), the HW-16 was not a transceiver in the modern sense of shared circuitry throughout, but was a transmitter and receiver in the same cabinet that shared the same antenna connection and had the necessary cutoff and receiver protections on transmitting. The knob and dial you see is the receiver. The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15 meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16. It took the external HG-10 or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not involving crystals. The receiver circuitry was on a circuit board in one half of the case and the transmitter circuitry was point-to-point wiring in the other half of the cabinet. A used HW-16, joined later by a HG-10B VFO, was my first radio when I got licensed in 1993 and used for a couple of years until it got upscaled by a used Ten-Tec Century 22. Cheers/73, Kevin, K9IUA (then KB9IUA from 1993 until 1999) --- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com --- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to pin...@erols.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jasimm...@pinewooddata.com Kevin Anderson via Elecraft <mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:12 AM Hopefully not to belabor this too much (or exceed a cutoff on the conversation), the HW-16 was not a transceiver in the modern sense of shared circuitry throughout, but was a transmitter and receiver in the same cabinet that shared the same antenna connection and had the necessary cutoff and receiver protections on transmitting. The knob and dial you see is the receiver. The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15 meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16. It took the external HG-10 or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not involving crystals. The receiver circuitry was on a circuit board in one half of the case and the transmitter circuitry was point-to-point wiring in the other half of the cabinet. A used HW-16, joined later by a HG-10B VFO, was my first radio when I got licensed in 1993 and used for a couple of years until it got upscaled by a used Ten-Tec Century 22. Cheers/73, Kevin, K9IUA (then KB9IUA from 1993 until 1999)
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
Took a look at Heath's HW-16 design. Quite ingenious: Using the PA cathode bypass capacitors and current through a diode to shunt the receiver front end during transmit. Early diode QSK operation. And a neon bulb relaxation oscillator, using grid block keying voltage, for CW sidetone. I enjoy putting vintage stuff on the air for SKN. Heath did not integrating their separates well back in the day, relying on 110V antenna relays. I may have some DX-60A/HG-10B/HR-1680/HS-1681 ideas for next year! John KN5L __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
The first of that type was, I believe a Hallicrafters SR-75, which was quite unique for its day. If I remember correctly, it was basically an S-38 receiver that used the audio output tube as a single stage crystal oscillator & RF out function. Not what you'd call a stellar performer, but it was a first and self-contained in a package which was same size as the S-38. 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Kevin Anderson via Elecraft Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 9:13 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS Hopefully not to belabor this too much (or exceed a cutoff on the conversation), the HW-16 was not a transceiver in the modern sense of shared circuitry throughout, but was a transmitter and receiver in the same cabinet that shared the same antenna connection and had the necessary cutoff and receiver protections on transmitting. The knob and dial you see is the receiver. The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15 meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16. It took the external HG-10 or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not involving crystals. The receiver circuitry was on a circuit board in one half of the case and the transmitter circuitry was point-to-point wiring in the other half of the cabinet. A used HW-16, joined later by a HG-10B VFO, was my first radio when I got licensed in 1993 and used for a couple of years until it got upscaled by a used Ten-Tec Century 22. Cheers/73, Kevin, K9IUA (then KB9IUA from 1993 until 1999) --- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com --- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to pin...@erols.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS
Hopefully not to belabor this too much (or exceed a cutoff on the conversation), the HW-16 was not a transceiver in the modern sense of shared circuitry throughout, but was a transmitter and receiver in the same cabinet that shared the same antenna connection and had the necessary cutoff and receiver protections on transmitting. The knob and dial you see is the receiver. The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15 meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16. It took the external HG-10 or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not involving crystals. The receiver circuitry was on a circuit board in one half of the case and the transmitter circuitry was point-to-point wiring in the other half of the cabinet. A used HW-16, joined later by a HG-10B VFO, was my first radio when I got licensed in 1993 and used for a couple of years until it got upscaled by a used Ten-Tec Century 22. Cheers/73, Kevin, K9IUA (then KB9IUA from 1993 until 1999) --- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com --- __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
