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Paul wrote:
Amen brother! A year ago I was at the Baton ROuge La. hamfest
and a lady had an old Heathkit hw100 transceiver....
SHE must've got her $150 or better on eBay but from waht I saw
looking around the innards of that radio it was worth $100 to me
and not $150. That's a good point about Heathkits. You never know
how good a job whoever assembled them did, unless you look inside.
So buying one on ebay is sort of asking for it. But man, those
were nice rigs back in those days. It's really cool to be able to
get something like that now even for $150. You can even get
something like a TS520 for not that much more. Anything of the
sort would have cost several times more back in those days.

ROger that. ONe thing I like about those or the Kenwood 520 is the
6146 finals instead of them TV sweep tubes. THe 6146 was a lot more
rubst imho.

This one looked like it was painstakingly put together, just old and
knew I'd probably have to go through it, might as well shotgun all the
caps in the power supply etc. THat's why to me for a nostalgia trip
it was worth $100 but not $150. WOuld have been glad to put in the
work on the bench to pull out the old green monster now and then to
put on the air but not for $150. For $100 it took me down memory
lane.

I also cut myself off at $100 as I had gas to buy for the trip back to
NEw Orleans and dinner yet. Luckily the xyl was along and kept me
from meeting her demanded price. I might have done, but I'd already
bought myself a new Heil microphone and the xyl a new two meter rig
for the van.

I had a HEath sb303 receiver at one time, many hoappy hours spent with
it. I bought it after I left a Hamarlund hq180 in a pawn shop. That
one really depressed me too. NOw there was a receiver!!! SOunded
great listening to am or sw broadcasts and was a darned good receiver
for sideband work too. IT would eat the receiver in the Icom 740 I
have on the operating bench now for lunch!



Richard Webb
Electric Spider Productions
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