Wonderful to see a somewhat negliged Heathkit HW-101gets a "new life"! The tubesocket that You substituted may have been faulty from the begining and "solderfault" underneath it! A 50 year old rig and still c a n do the work! Amazing and Methodical ie a correct revision of HW-101!
Nice job. A lot of Heathkits I've worked on had errors that were there from the initial build. Others were "repaired" incorrectly. They are the ideal radios to work on though, as long as you have the manual.
Another great Heathkit restoration video, Will. I have a question: at the beginning of this video I spied with my little eye a Kenwood TS-520. Would you ever consider doing any kind of repair or restoration video for a Kenwood hybrid transceiver? I love the energy that you have with these Heathkit radios, and I would really enjoy seeing your passion and energy committed to one of the Kenwood hybrids. While I like Heathkit (I am a big fan of their test equipment product line), I’m an even bigger fan of the Kenwood hybrid transceivers. Whatever radios, you decide to put on your bench, I will always be a loyal viewer. 73 Kenan, KR6J
The service bulletins are circulating online. I posted a link on the video desc. I test the resistors in circuit and only worry about those that test ABOVE 15-18% (low is ok).
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the use of water...but: congratulation, a thoroughful nice job
Gotta give the guys that design these a lot of credit
I have an HW-101 I am looking to restore (first time) and this video greatly helped me understand a good process.
Wonderful to see a somewhat negliged Heathkit HW-101gets a "new life"!
The tubesocket that You substituted may have been faulty from the begining and "solderfault" underneath it!
A 50 year old rig and still c a n do the work! Amazing and Methodical ie a correct revision of HW-101!
Nice job. A lot of Heathkits I've worked on had errors that were there from the initial build. Others were "repaired" incorrectly. They are the ideal radios to work on though, as long as you have the manual.
This is fascinating. I can't wait to find one of these radios to restore.
Thanks for the sharing the links to the doucments!
Another great Heathkit restoration video, Will. I have a question: at the beginning of this video I spied with my little eye a Kenwood TS-520. Would you ever consider doing any kind of repair or restoration video for a Kenwood hybrid transceiver? I love the energy that you have with these Heathkit radios, and I would really enjoy seeing your passion and energy committed to one of the Kenwood hybrids. While I like Heathkit (I am a big fan of their test equipment product line), I’m an even bigger fan of the Kenwood hybrid transceivers. Whatever radios, you decide to put on your bench, I will always be a loyal viewer.
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Kenan, KR6J
Very good vides, I realy love this heathkits. Ansious for another serie. This spurius oscilation can be some IF tube defective,
Really appreciate your hw101 videos. I have 2 that I want to restore. Would like to see a power supply restore. Thanks
Sorry for the silly question, but do you leave it at 170F for 20 minutes on Bake or Broil setting? Just curious.
You should use *DeoxIT Fader F5* for POTs!! *NOT D5* You should ALSO, put some space between those 7W resistors!
Great job Will.Do you test all resistors in circuit.Do you get acurate readings without freeing one lead?Also where do you get the Heathkit bulletins?
The service bulletins are circulating online. I posted a link on the video desc. I test the resistors in circuit and only worry about those that test ABOVE 15-18% (low is ok).
Great video.just found your channel yesterday.