[Heathkit] SB-104 / HW-104 Question

[Mark K3MSB]

Ron and Jeff --   thank you!

Mark K3MSB

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 12:51 PM Jeff Tranter <tranter at gmail.com> wrote:

> The consensus seems to be that the HW-104 was intended as a low-cost
> alternative to the SB-104,
> sharing much of the same design but lacking the digital display.
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The HW-104 came out in 1975, a year after the better known SB-104 was
> first
> > introduced.
> >
> > The SB-104A, which fixed a lot of the issues in the SB-104, came out in
> > 1977.
> > In that same year the HW-104 (and of course the SB-104) production ended.
> >
> > Was the HW-104 produced just as a lower cost alternative to the SB-104,
> or
> > was it produced as an alternative to the SB-104 due to the
> > SB-104's teething problems?
> >
> > Mark K3MSB
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