[Heathkit] HW100 final load cap

[Jim Shorney]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:19:17 -0800, Bob Macklin wrote:

>The SB-400 & SB-401 did have a dial string drive for the load cap. You could 
>put the dialstring parts from a SB-400/SB-401 in a HW-100/HW-101.


My HW-101 had the dial string pulleys on both the caps and the shafts, they
just happened to fit the O-rings that Heath went to in later years. I used dial
cord from the local parts jobber and, IIRC, springs from clicky ink pens to
string my 101 when I got tired of the O-rings slipping. FIgured it out myself
by looking at how the dial cord was strung in my S-120, among others. Heck, I
was a teenager and didn't know any better... It's a PITA to do, and you sorta
need three hands and a good vocabulary, but the results are well worth it.
Worked great! A highly recommended "mod".

73

-Jim


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