[Lafayette] HA-800?

[Don Cunningham]

Bob,
I don't know about its suitability for CW use, but the HE-10 is a FINE 
shortwave AM broadcast listening receiver.  At 12, my Dad helped me get a 
Knightkit Span Master, that got me interested in shortwave listening, and I 
drooled over the Lafayette catalogs while saving my money to buy a brand new 
HE-10 at age 14.  I wish I had kept it, but did find a very nice example of 
it a few years back in MINT condition.  It awaits my replacing the 
electrolytics and it will once again be used on the air.  I also have a kit 
version, the KT200, but as Pete said some would be, it lacks some in the 
wiring department, hi.  I may "strip it down" some, and have the pleasure of 
building a Lafayette kit, hi.  Pete, would you happen to have a KT-200 
manual I could buy a copy of??  That would be a fun winter project.  I got 
bitten several years ago Bob and also have the HA-225, HE-80, HA-63A 
Lafayettes, Trio 9R59D, National NC-125, 3 Span Masters (hope to make one or 
two decent ones out of the three) and a Drake SW-4A.  Watch Ebay, it's habit 
forming on the receivers, hi.  Whichever you choose, enjoy the fine old 
rigs.  They still bring a LOT of pleasure that just isn't in tuning the 
Orion II on the shortwave bands!!
73,
Don, WB5HAK  (Ex WPE5CTN, if you guys remember those calls!!)