[AMRadio] Heathkit Mohawk RCVR

[rbethman]

Charlie,

To my knowledge ALL Mohawks were shipped with the front end pre-assembled.

I believe that their take on this was that the methodology/technology of 
the time "really" didn't allow for the kit builder to get a GOOD 
alignment without specialized tools and equipment.  Therefore the 
pre-assembled and aligned front end.

Bob - N0DGN

charles L. wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> Several years ago a ham buddy rescued a Mohawk RCVR
> that was heading for the dump and gave it to me.  Got
> a manual for it, recapped where necessary, tuned her
> up and she has run fine ever since, except for the
> triple diode detector that needs to be wiggled in its
> socket now and then.  Does anybody know if this was
> the first Heathkit product where part of it was
> already built?  The entire front end assembly, band
> switch, coils, etc was preassembled, you just dropped
> it in and hooked it up.  Did Heath originally offer
> this kit with the front end in kit form and builders
> had so many problems that Heathkit decided to build it
> in house?
>
> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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