HW-101 Low output on 40 meters

[Allen & Matt]

Hi All--

I have an SB-102 with the same situation. As Mark
has done, I've done the Service Bulletin mods.
Still have pretty much same problem.

Thanks.

Rev. Allen

Will, Mark wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> When I bought my HW-101, the plates of the final tune variable cap.
> were bent and shorting together and the unit had no output.  I fixed
> this but now my 101 seems to have problems outputting full power
> on 40 meters into a dummy load or into my antenna.  On all other
> bands, I am able to get 90-100 watts out but only get about 40-50
> watts on 40 meters. Has anyone else had this problem with their 101
> and have you been able to solve it?  I have seen the service bulletin
> HW-101-4 which describes some modifications to the grounding of
> the bandswitch shields, driver plate, and drive grid boards (shorten
> ground wires) and removing some spring clips from the coil cover.  I
> have tried this mod and it didn't help much.  Any suggestions???
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Will,  KB0QIE
>

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73 de Allen, KJ6XH, and Matt                  West Sacramento, CA
               email:     mattall at cwnet.com
               http://users.cwnet.com/mattall

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