[Heathkit] SB-200

[Carl]

That was a factory change. The dual TRW was too expensive. Same with the
Cardwell used originally for Tune.
Both replacements were made by Oren Elliot Co in Ohio, now a part of MFJ I
believe.

Same holds with the SB220.

Carl



----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: [Heathkit] SB-200


>   I have a question about the SB-200, I built one of these amps back
> in 1972 and the loading capacitor in the one I built, and every one
> I've ever repaired has always been a dual section style variable
> cap rated at about 435pf/ sec.
>  I have a friend that just picked up a pretty clean SB-200 but I noticed
> in the photos that it has a single section close spaced transmit style
> variable capacitor used as the loading capacitor.
>  My question is, did Heath change to a different style capacitor used as
> the loading cap in these amps, or was this a user modification?
>
>
> 73, Mark  WB8JKR
>
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