[Heathkit] HW-101 Low output on 40 meters

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

> The rig is entirely stock except that my father-in-law was never able
> to get a tin on the two steel shield partitions in the driver
> compartment. I had no better luck than he, so I replaced them with
> sheet brass, soldered to the comb rails on both ends, to the ground
> plane with a piece of tinned braid and soldered to the center pins of
> the tube sockets.

There is a service bulletin from Heathkit concerning this problem. It has 
to do with the shields over the coils on the bottom of the rig.

What you have done with your home-made shield is exacerbate the 
problem. I think what is happening is that your home-made shield is 
adversely effecting the "Q" of the coils.

Go to:

http://www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/

and click on the link at the bottom, 15) Modifications to...etc.

All the HW-101 service bulletins are posted there, and if you search 
them, you will find a reference to your problem.

I hope this helps.

Ken Gordon W7EKB