A Classic Ham Radio Receiver - The Heathkit HR-10B 

This was a nice video. The HR-10B was my first receiver back in 1977. I bought it new and it took me all summer to earn the money for it. Good memories.

Jeff, Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I just purchased an HR-10B, so it was nice to get a bit familiarized with it. Thanks! r/Mike

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We had this and the DX 60 plus the SB line at our high school radio club. Thanks again!

Nice job on the video Jeff! My best friend Billy got one of these passsed to him as a novice while I got an old BC-652 80M only surplus receiver. I was a jealous 16 year old!

Thanks for the video. I built one of these in December of 1974, a couple of months after my 13th birthday, and it served me well. Wish I had kept it! The S-meter was famously useless -- only responded to very strong signals, such as Radio Moscow right in the middle of the 40-meter band :)

Jeff you forgot to say that the main tuning section was prebuilt and tuned by TRW. All you had to do was drop it in place and solder wires to it . Easy kit to build .

Another thing to do when buying vintage gear is to turn the dials and flip the switches to make sure they're all ok. The wrinkle finish became popular because it hides the dings better.

Good review. I had both the HR 10B and the Drake 2B. No Contest... The Drake 2B was the CLEAR winner. The HR 10B was OK on 80 and 40 meters and as you said, the sensitivity was poor above 7 MHz. 73, WA4AOS

Thanks…nice demo .

these are great little recievers.. I used one on AM with my globe king for quite a while.

Would love to have seen under the chassis!

Congratulations! Wonderful video. 73 de VA6POP

A beautiful radio by Heakit. Where can I buy one like it? Thanks for sharing. fenech97

@fenech97 How much are you looking to pay for one (plus shipping)? I have a transmitter/receiver pair that I am considering ebay-ingthe transmitter since I have a kenwood transceiver. I may consider selling the receiver. With the cb antenna I have hooked into it, I get mostly cw and SSB around 14.1 mhz mostly

often overlooked for AM use on HF, where it is very able, small, and inexpensive. It is of course the mate to the DX-60 transmitter.. same comments apply to it. W6WUH

Great video. Your cat seems to prefer CW (5:39)! 73 de KA8SYV

Thanks for the great video! When I was first licensed I wanted one of these, but ended up with an HW-16 instead (which was a wise move, as it turned out!) … but I just picked one up on eBay as a trip down memory lane! THANK YOU for explaining the deal with the S-meter! I thought mine was not functioning …. that sure is odd, no? Pretty useless! LOL …. Thanks! I will look for your other videos! Peace and 73, stephen W3SMK/M0KKB

Nice desk.

I also had an HR10B. The selectivity was rather poor. A friend had a Drake 2B which was indeed vastly superior.

l love ur videos Jeff. 73 de K9BF

nice vid i used to have dx 60 ..cheers

why is the aspect ratio of this video so screwy.. the radio is NOT this shape !

Guess he don't want to buy one after all. :(

A teachers desk while better than nothing, is in no way adequate for a ham station, I've always thought One would be perfect ( those drawers are nice ) but its top is not big enough for everything with a modest station, you probably got it nice and cheap too!!!!!

Terrible RX. it was my first kit