HW-7 ?s...

[Ray and Kendra]

I bought an HW-7 used ten years ago.  At first I thought something was
wrong with it, comparing it to a superhet dual conversion receiver it was
like riding a goat compared to driving a Cadillac.
Then with a dipole for an antenna I worked 3D2KG on 20 CW and said
wow...Mine is stock and I understand there are things that you can do to
improve it but it takes some finesse and care to tune.  I thought the
receiver was dead in mine until I monkeyed around with it some and got used
to it's character...
I laughed when I read your post on how well your HW-7 worked though Dave,
the hunger in a teen with a new ham ticket could make a box of oatmeal
transmit and receive!  But it shows that those QRP rigs can really work.

Ray KV4K/7
Port Orchard, WA

***Still in search of a cabinet for my SB-220 any cosmetic condition.

***Also need email address for W5FM (W5FM at arrl.net isn't working for me)

At 06:52 AM 11/1/2000 -0800, Dave wrote:
>
>I still have my HW-7, 25 years later, still hooked to a vertical, and she
>still puffs along on all 3 bands with the same success as when I was a
>teenager.
>
>My .02
>
>Dave WB7AWK

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