[Heath] Problems with HW-101 - a possible solution

[Ken Winterling]

I agree. Since most Heathkits are assembled by the owner the construction
is always suspect in a “new to you” unit. Often unsoldered, incorrect, or
missing wiring is the culprit. Another common issue is incorrect component
installation. Your case with the multiple reversed wafers is more extreme
than most I’ve encountered.

GL, you will get it working!

Ken
WA2LBI

On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 09:17 Mark V Johnson <mvjohn at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Not unusual in that the radio likely never worked from the day it was
> assembled. I've seen that a few times on the Heath gear I've worked on.
>
> Mark VE3LU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heath [mailto:heath-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Kenneth G.
> Gordon
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 10:33 PM
> To: Heath at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [Heath] Problems with HW-101 - a possible solution
>
> Hello again, Gang:
>
> At the suggestion of another list member, I checked the position of the
> notches in the
> bandswitch wafers.
>
> Of the 5 wafers, three are completely backwards. The only 2 which are
> correct are the final
> tank coil section, and the heterodyne oscillator crystal section.
>
> What I cannot figure out is why, given this situation, that 80, 40, and
> (sort of) 20 worked at all.
>
> But, I'm not going to bother to figure that out.
>
> After I have corrected this problem, we'll see what is left.
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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Ken
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