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The HW-100
80...10 meter Ham
Band Transceiver came on the market in 1968 and was produced until
1971. It was then replaced by the HW-101. The HW-100 had the look and feel of
the Single Banders HW-12A/HW-22A/HW-32A but under the hood it was a
somewhat simplified SB-101.
The SB-101 was too expensive
to many Radio Amateurs so the Heath Company
derived the HW-100
from the SB-100/SB-101 series to meet the demand
from the Radio Amateurs of a cheaper transceiver. They made it possible
by using a new VFO with a much simpler dialing mechanism and readout
having 5kHz resolution instead of the SB-101
1kHz resolution. Further more they reduced the number of facilities on
the front panel and the metering. Also the casing was simpler. The HW-100
was quite successful but many complained about the fuzzy dialing
mechanism. The HW-100
had only an SSB-filter
but it was possible to mout a
CW-filter afterwards.
When I bought this HW-100 it was in a bad condition. But after cleaning all the circuit boards, tubes, etc., replacing the drive belts, repairing the 28MHz coil in the Heterodyne Oscillator, repainting the casing and making a total re-alignment of the HW-100 it turned out to be a very nice transceiver. Modifications that I plan to do is installing a CW-filter and a variable audio filter for better selectivity at reception. The restored HW-100 The original HW-100 The original HW-100 filthy front panel with a switch between the knobs on the left side The original HW-100 top casing with some corrosion and color shifts The original HW-100 filthy internals and broken drive belts (and wrong type of drive belts) The restored HW-100 with new drive belts The restored HW-100 The restored HW-100 and the switch removed from the panel |