[Elecraft] HW-16

[Buddy Brannan]

I actually had an HW16 for a little while around 1993. I bought it at a  hamfest, complete with the HG10 VFO, and the crystal and what not to reverse the mod that moved it from 15 meters to 20 meters if I so chose. I did not so choose. It was a fun rig, and I had no trouble with it, even tuning eyes-free. Even used it when I was temporarily in a different state as my primary station for a little while. Fun little rig! 


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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Jul 3, 2022, at 9:59 PM, Eric Norris <norrislawfirm2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The HW-16 was a great rig back then, with silent QSK and a good crystal
> filter.
> 
> I remember getting frustrated one night, and I cranked the PWR knob past
> the red mark on the plate-current meter that showed the 75-watt Novice DC
> input plate current limit.  I had just turned 17, and worked 50 hrs at
> $2/hr to buy that kit.  I was going to get a QSO that night even though I
> knew the FCC would soon be battering down my door and dragging me away in
> handcuffs.
> 
> Good times.
> 
> 73 Eric WN6RVG
> 
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 1:54 PM Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>> I don't know what an HW-16 is.
>> 
>> 
>> The HW-16 is a vacuum tube, 90-watt (maximum) input, crystal-controlled
>> CW-only Novice-band transmitter and receiver kit with built-in AC power
>> supply.  It covered the CW portion of only 80m, 40m, and 15m.  It was sold
>> by Heath from 1967 to 1976.  Its 1967 kit price was "only" $110, but that's
>> equivalent to almost $1000 in 2022.  Adjusted for inflation my full-house
>> KX2 50 years later was less expensive.
>> 
>> The HW-16 was popular when I was WN5WGJ in 1968, but at age 16 I could
>> never have afforded one. :-)  Its long-term utility was limited by the
>> one-year non-renewable Novice license of that era.
>> 
>> Mike / KK5F
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