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HW-8

[Today’s run: 2.5 miles]

I passed my ham radio test in 1981 and then got a further license class in 1982.

Soon after that my father bought me a kit from the old Heathkit Co.  It was an HW-8 QRP transceiver.  I put it together on my desk in my dorm room in Friley Hall.

I’ve had it on the air a few times.  For awhile I had loaned it out to a friend in Iowa.  Unfortunately, I broke it sometime before I sent it to him and he is not the “fix it” kind of radio guy.

While we were back in Iowa I collected it again from him.  And I have fixed it a bit since we returned home.  I’ve had two QSOs on it so far.

Four bands, CW only, direct conversion receiver. It only puts out about 2 watts.

I need to add a dial light.  maybe I can rig something up.  There are a lot of well documented modifications that can be done. But this one is pretty much just stock.