[Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS

[Charlie T]

The first of that type was, I believe a Hallicrafters SR-75, which was quite
unique for its day.

If I remember correctly, it was basically an S-38 receiver that used the
audio output tube as a single stage crystal oscillator & RF out function.
Not what you'd call a stellar performer, but it was a first and
self-contained in a package which was same size as the S-38.

73, Charlie k3ICH




-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Kevin Anderson via Elecraft
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 9:13 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] HW-16 Re: Latest Elecraft NEWS

Hopefully not to belabor this too much (or exceed a cutoff on the
conversation), the HW-16 was not a transceiver in the modern sense of shared
circuitry throughout, but was a transmitter and receiver in the same cabinet
that shared the same antenna connection and had the necessary cutoff and
receiver protections on transmitting.  The knob and dial you see is the
receiver.  The transmitter in the radio was CW-only, rock-bound on 80-40-15
meters only when barefoot with just the HW-16.  It took the external HG-10
or -10B VFO (or similar grid-keyed VFO) to get you flexible transmitting not
involving crystals.  The receiver circuitry was on a circuit board in one
half of the case and the transmitter circuitry was point-to-point wiring in
the other half of the cabinet. 

A used HW-16, joined later by a HG-10B VFO, was my first radio when I got
licensed in 1993 and used for a couple of years until it got upscaled by a
used Ten-Tec Century 22.

Cheers/73,
Kevin, K9IUA (then KB9IUA from 1993 until 1999)

---------------------------------------
Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
---------------------------------------
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message
delivered to pincon at erols.com