[Heathkit] HW-101

[Greg Mijal]

A plastic 8 inch fan in the suck it out mode will help alot.  Just set it on 
the top of the rig and you're all set
73's
Greg
WA7LYO
Kinston NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf at verizon.net>
To: "W. Harris" <nbcblue at hotmail.com>
Cc: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HW-101


> Bill:
>
> I have an HW-100 and after about a 30 minute warmup, the drift is minimal.
>
> You may have to replace or experiment with the temperature compensating
> capacitors in the VFO.  It may also be that Q942, which acts like a
> zener diode to regulate the FET voltage, has failed.
>
> Does yours eventually stabilize or does it drift "forever"?
>
>
>                     73,
>
>                     Bob WB2VUF
>
> On 10/27/2010 7:32 PM, W. Harris wrote:
>> Just recently found this reflector. Any HW101 users out there? I recently 
>> finished restoring one and have been using it some on the air, get nice 
>> reports. Only problem is VFO drifts a bit so guess I need to go into it. 
>> Anyone cured this? Restoration can be seen at: 
>> http://www.radioremembered.org/HW-101.html
>>
>> 73 - Bill K5MIL
>>
>>
>>
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