[Milsurplus] power supply for KWM-2A

[wf2u at starband.net]

Mike,

Good luck in advance in obtaining your lincense.
Also congratulations for getting a fine piece of equipment such as the
KWM-2A, it's certainly something to look forward to!
If you can't find the original power supply at a reasonable (or
affordable)price, in a condition that you want, one option is to build a
power supply if you can gather the necessary components (hamfests, junkbox
- either yours or other hams' or you can buy the parts from vendors).
The other option is to find a Heathkit HP-23 power supply which will work
with a slight modification with the KWM-2. There are articles written
describing how to make the HP-23 work with the KWM-2. These are fairly
commonly available supplies which were mainly used to power Heathkit
transceivers.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

> I don't have my General license yet, and my Elmer has given me the
> incentive: if you get your General Class, I have an extra Collins KWM-2A
> sitting around I'll give you as a present.  Great!  Catch is: no power
> supply.  Are the power supplies for these rigs available anywhere for a
> decent price?  The ones I see on eBay are either beat up pretty bad,
> untested (read: old dried up caps and burned out tubes), or too high a
> price.
>
> Second question: is there a schematic online of the power supply needed
> for this rig?  I can wire one up myself if need be, especially since I
> would use modern components that would perform better than original.
> Thanks for any info you guys can provide.
>
> Mike Davidsen
> KI4JSC
>
>
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