Heathkits from hell

[mike bryce]

what kinda worries me is I wonder how good a tv service man he was??
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Mike Bryce WB8VGE
SunLight Energy Systems
"Electricity at the speed of light"

> From: John Maynard <k7ny at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: John Maynard <k7ny at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:23:01 -0700
> To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Heathkits from hell
>
> I bought a HL2200 from an old ham who was a tv repairman. He had no business
> building kits. I plugged it in and a light came on but nothing else. I
> opened it up and found 5 major wiring errors. He also ran a separate 115
> volt line for an extra relay. He installed 2 extra input coils. When I got
> those problems fixed, I turned it on and found that the original t/r relay
> was wired wrong so that the power output dropped when I went to load it up.
> After a few seconds of turning it on, a 2W .86 ohm resistor blew. I found a
> broken coax on the load side of the relay that was open. There may be a few
> more bugs in it, as I haven't had time nor the desire to take it apart
> again. Maybe this summer. Maybe the 5th time will be the magic number.
> John  k7ny
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