I still have my working R1680. The only maintenance it's ever needed, was a spritz of contact cleaner in the volume control. I had it connected to my Yaesu FT0101, for cross band.
I built this receiver in 1978. Heath gave me credit! I was on the road as an electrician working at a new coal-burning electrical plant in Iowa. It was some fun times. I still have it in storage.
This radio was my very first receiver I had when I got my Novice ticket back in 1977. Took me a couple of weeks to build it and a friend of mine took it to his work to align it.
Jeff tranter your Hathkit SW_7800 GENERAL CVERAGE receiver is cool my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license I have 4 shortwave receivers me and my cousin are going to a Swap meet June 5th 2022 Sunday morning at 8 am in Milwaukee
hey there bud.....a guy on you tube here might have the info on your 10 meter problem.....Robert Sumption....."the old ham"......video is about a year old I think....love your heathkit videos by the way.....
Where are the feet? Great video as always! I think you should emphasize in the intro that Heath made many more products than HAM/SW. Their audio and TV products were industry leading. Remember Heath started business and had initial success with test equipment, not HAM gear.
They show up from time to time on eBay, but Heathkits in general are getting quite collectable and expensive unless you are lucky and come across one at a hamfest or flea market.
I just discovered this video. I thought I had seen all your videos. Good video Jeff
I love this little receiver. Reminds me of my Allied 190 "twins". The audio coming through on you video sounds FB!
I still have my working R1680. The only maintenance it's ever needed, was a spritz of contact cleaner in the volume control. I had it connected to my Yaesu FT0101, for cross band.
I built this receiver in 1978. Heath gave me credit! I was on the road as an electrician working at a new coal-burning electrical plant in Iowa. It was some fun times. I still have it in storage.
This radio was my very first receiver I had when I got my Novice ticket back in 1977. Took me a couple of weeks to build it and a friend of mine took it to his work to align it.
Jeff one of the better videos describing the rig in full detail.
Thank you for this nice video. My first radios were HW-101, and later a SB-102, both used, but very nice. 73.
Another excellent and well done video from Jeff... Thanks
Very educational video. The radio is laid out nicely. Not a lot of clutter.
Happy New Year and thanks for all your great videos.
Jeff tranter your Hathkit SW_7800 GENERAL CVERAGE receiver is cool my hobbys are painting pictures and lisining to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my ham license I have 4 shortwave receivers me and my cousin are going to a Swap meet June 5th 2022 Sunday morning at 8 am in Milwaukee
Thanks Jeff, good videos.
Hi Jeff,
Great video as always. Could
you post the part numbers you used to build the board extenders?
Thanks and 73
Mike N2HTT
These were the Digi-Key part numbers I used to make the extender:
A14097-ND
A14099-ND
Thanks Jeff, exactly what I was looking for! Digikey still carries them
73
Mike
hey there bud.....a guy on you tube here might have the info on your 10 meter problem.....Robert Sumption....."the old ham"......video is about a year old I think....love your heathkit videos by the way.....
had a problem tuning the 10 meter portion......bad trimmer caps I think.....short video.....might help ya....
Thanks, I will check it out.
Where are the feet? Great video as always! I think you should emphasize in the intro that Heath made many more products than HAM/SW. Their audio and TV products were industry leading. Remember Heath started business and had initial success with test equipment, not HAM gear.
Are a lot of these radios still floating around out there? I would love to have one.
They show up from time to time on eBay, but Heathkits in general are getting quite collectable and expensive unless you are lucky and come across one at a hamfest or flea market.
@@jefftranter gotcha. I gathered they may be pricey. Beautiful radios.
I have if you want it.
2 slide witches, 4 big knobs, a large tuning knob, and a real meter. Don't you just love it?
Do you need an external antenna for this?
Yes.
Jeff tranter my other hobby is lisn to music records and CDs and fmstreo on my Yamaha reciver