On Tue, 4 Mar 1997 12:40:52 -0500 "Heron, George" <G.Heron@dialogic.com>
writes:
>I have an HW-100 and hadn't considered its value/use as a QRP rig.
>Wasn't sure it could effectively be turned down to 5W and below.
>Would
>be very interested if you or others could suggest ways to do this.
>
>The HW-100 has been sitting gathering dust for some number of years,
>and
>I'm not particularly married to the concept of keeping vintage
>equipment
>vintage, so I'd consider some alterations along these QRP lines.
>(Plus,
>I'd been searching in the background for a tube rig to be whipped up
>for
>home-station-only QRP ... I miss the smell and warm glow of those
>tubes
>in wee hours of the night from years gone by.)
>
>And BTW, I'll check to see if the schematic of the power supply is in
>the HW manual (gotta believe it is). If you'd like a copy of it,
>Dave,
>send me your address.
>
>--George N2APB
>g.heron@dialogic.com
>http://www.njqrp.org <-- Home of the NJ-QRP Club!
>
>>=================
>> Any comments on the suitability of the HW-100 as a QRP rig would
>be
>>appreciated.
>>
>>
>We keep seeing the mention of a tube ckt for qrp
I don't have the book now but.... there are plans for the
6L6 tube and it sure was a great lettle rig in it's day.....
some of you PACKRATS get out the books etc. and
come up with a ckt and pwr supply.... I got to confess
the PURGE system got all my OLD info.......
...............Nate AC4GT
>
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