Heathkit HW-8 - Adding Lights and Audio Board

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How to install 3rd Planet Solar Audio Board and LED lights to HW8. Easy and inexpensive mods.
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Комментарии : 18

@tookthe5th182 5 лет назад

Great video John! Just picked up a HW-8 at the Yuma Hamfest this past weekend. It is museum quality in and out and completely unmodified and one of the best assembly jobs I have ever seen. The builder even cleaned the flux off the back of the board. Serial # of 98xx. Fired it up and works great on all bands. Planning on doing these mods and a few more without changing the appearance. Downloaded the schematic and pieced it together and could not see any signal path for the s meter to work in receive. Then discovered it wasn't there. Planning on doing that simple mod also. 73

@paulinmt2185 5 лет назад

FB and well done, John. Glad your mods are reversible. There's a finite number of HW-8's left in the world. I may or may not mod my HW-8 since it has a broken band switch and will not hold on 15M. Other than that it's a fun little CW rig. Works pretty well as-is with high-z headphones and a mechanical key. vy 72 zut de n6mgn

@WiltshireMan 5 лет назад

Welldone John. Good to see the old gear still being used, maintained and improved:) 73 Sandy

@TinkerJohn_W5CYF 5 лет назад

Sandy, I've got a few more mods in store for the little rig. It's been a lot of fun making contacts. Made a couple just today. ~John

@gvet47 5 лет назад

I think I have missed some of your video. Still tinkering! Oh and it look like I need to send you a beard trimmer. 🤣

@robertoswalt319 5 лет назад

It is good to see you back posting videos to RU-vid. Hope you are doing well

@janetwinslow2039 4 года назад

Great little fun rigs. Having lots of fun with mine. Added a separate active receive antenna to reduce local noise. So much better!

@QRPMonkey 5 лет назад

Nice to see you back John. I just got a hw-7 at a local ham fair. It is all original with no mods that i can see. It works as it is. I plan on tinkering with it to do some of the mods that improve it.

@skycarl 5 лет назад

Very cool John,,,, my HW-8 has been collecting dust for some time. This would make a fun project. 73 good buddy.

@TinkerJohn_W5CYF 5 лет назад

Thanks Carl, those little rigs are fun. I recently had this one reworked with new caps and alignment. 73/John

@charlesmarlett6856 5 лет назад

Excellent John. My first ham lit was the HW7. Later I got the HW8 and put in mods for RIT and Full Break-in. Many hours of fun working DX in Diego Garcia as VQ9CM. My antenna was a spider with a few radial saturated with salt water. Enjoyed the video and look for more of your videos! Chuck WB9ZDS

@ka4jqz 5 лет назад

Nice video John, as a HW-8 owner I always enjoy seeing other ones out there being used. 73, Frank K0JQZ

@johnclements3441 5 лет назад

Excellent idea with the strip LED's. Normally I use several 3mm LED's between the 2 chassis plates but you need to be careful to not short to the chassis. This looks much easier and cleaner! 73 John kc9on