[Heath] HW-101 VFO

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 5 Mar 2018 at 9:05, Bob G3OOU via Heath wrote:

> 
> Hi Ken
> My only experience with an HW101 VFO was with one that had failed completely. I removed the 
> VFO and found that the MPF105 JFET had failed so I replaced it with a J310 and it worked with 
> no further problems.
> If you have a local receiver that can hear the VFO you can quickly determine if it is the oscillator 
> or buffer stage  that is failing before you remove it.

Thanks, Bob. I checked the output with a scope. The output is definitely "going away". You 
are the third person to suggest the transistor.

I'll dig into the VFO later this week.

Thanks again.

Ken W7EKB

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