[Heath] Heath choice for IF

Rich Sahlender wa3wlh at comcast.net
Mon Jul 20 09:06:32 EDT 2020


As I recall the Mohawk is a 1682kc first and 50kc second IF.

73 de Rich WA3WLH

On 7/20/20 7:29 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Apache had a phasing type SSB adapter external to the transmitter. 
> I didn't have a Mohawk. That was the HB-10 and could be fitted to a 
> DX-100. The DX-100B was made to accommodate an SSB adapter and the 
> DX-100 could be modified for it.
>
> I don't believe the Mohawk had xtal filters but L-C filters in a low 
> final IF. I never had a Mohawk get within striking range during the 
> ~20 years I had the Apache. Maybe the SB-100 series radios had those 
> filters. I have the info somewhere about the Mohawk and some of the 
> others but it is not 'near-line' at the moment. I have to physically 
> mount a hard drive to access it. *Deep storage*.
>
> I do still have the DX-100 and the DX-60/HR-10 but I let the HB-10 go 
> with the Apache. The HR-10 has a simpler xtal filter (2-pole) but not 
> the 3.395 MHz unit. the Kenwood Twins (I have a set) uses 3.395 MHz 
> xtal filters and possibly some other radios do. I have a set of SSB 
> and CW xtal filters from the Heathkit series for a project here.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
> bark less - wag more
>
> On 7/19/20 10:41 PM, John Klingelhoeffer via Heath wrote:
>> Did the Mohawk and Apache and such rigs use 3.395 MHz for their IF, 
>> or was that something that first was used in the SB-100 series (or 
>> HW-12/22/32)?
>>
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