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
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 HW1
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
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 Er
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
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
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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
> 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
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
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
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 no
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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
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 putt
it was a first and
self-contained in a package which was same size as the S-38.
73, Charlie k3ICH
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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
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