Unfortunately, the guy who did the silk screening for me stopped doing it a few years ago. If you have a T shirt shop near you they might be able to make a screen if the faceplate you have has most of the lettering in place. Mine was so far gone I had to sand down the faceplate to smooth the gouges.
I prefer them the original way just like I prefer to keep old cars original but then a lot of people hot rod their cars, and their radios. Very nice modification in all. One question I have is after repaint how did you get the new silk screen onto the faceplate? Some sort of decal, silk screen, what? I have an SB-102 that needs a little TLC that I want to rework the faceplate.
Jim, if the Swan has a 5.5 MHz VFO, it should work fine. You may have to play around with capacitor values. You may also have to experiment with where you tap into the BFO and oscillator to get the other signals. It's not a guaranteed plug and play, but it's definitely possible with a little playing around. If you have a kit from Almost All Digital Electronics, there is info on their website which should help. I reduced capacitor values to the lowest levels which gave good perfirmance.
One question; where and how did you do the freq readout. I have one I bought to use with the Swan 508 vfo. Do you think it will work. I know the Swan is 5.5 mcs. Tnx Jim, w4ukr
Inspiring! Question about the power supply - Did that one have the tube rectifier? If so, did you replace it with diodes? I've always wondered if that would be an easy improvement. Would certainly cut down the heat.
Beautiful job, that would look great next to my SB200 linear. Time to visit some rallies I think. Bringing something back from near-dead to shiny and new like that is very satisfying.
Hi Charlie and thanks for the comments. The original was in such bad shape, I scraped it down and repainted it, then sent it to a guy in NC who had a silkscreen made for this model. It's identical to the original Heath lettering, except for a couple additions I made for RIT and 14/15 MHz switch.
Unfortunately, the guy who did the silk screening for me stopped doing it a few years ago. If you have a T shirt shop near you they might be able to make a screen if the faceplate you have has most of the lettering in place. Mine was so far gone I had to sand down the faceplate to smooth the gouges.
ks1u 1 week ago
I prefer them the original way just like I prefer to keep old cars original but then a lot of people hot rod their cars, and their radios. Very nice modification in all. One question I have is after repaint how did you get the new silk screen onto the faceplate? Some sort of decal, silk screen, what? I have an SB-102 that needs a little TLC that I want to rework the faceplate.
rhblakeman 1 week ago
"I think any re-build that saves a radio is worthwhile". Yes. Yes. Yes.
984francis 1 month ago
I love it! Great job!
GeoN0JRJ 1 month ago
Nice job there!
gliderp 2 months ago
Jim, if the Swan has a 5.5 MHz VFO, it should work fine. You may have to play around with capacitor values. You may also have to experiment with where you tap into the BFO and oscillator to get the other signals. It's not a guaranteed plug and play, but it's definitely possible with a little playing around. If you have a kit from Almost All Digital Electronics, there is info on their website which should help. I reduced capacitor values to the lowest levels which gave good perfirmance.
ks1u 11 months ago
Hi George:
One question; where and how did you do the freq readout. I have one I bought to use with the Swan 508 vfo. Do you think it will work. I know the Swan is 5.5 mcs. Tnx Jim, w4ukr
ae5hjckz5hjc21 11 months ago
Sweet if you made one to talk on 11 meters ssb I would buy it.. And yes I would pay up to $1000.00....
HFBALUN 1 year ago
Nice work, very nice work.
uploadJ 1 year ago
Beautifull restoration.
journey62 1 year ago
Inspiring! Question about the power supply - Did that one have the tube rectifier? If so, did you replace it with diodes? I've always wondered if that would be an easy improvement. Would certainly cut down the heat.
zappatx 1 year ago
@zappatx
This supply had diodes already, but I upgraded them to modern devices. Thanks.
ks1u 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful, George. How many hours do you have invested into this project?
Muleheaded1 1 year ago
@Muleheaded1
Thanks for the comments. I put about 150 hours into it over a couple of years.
ks1u 1 year ago
Beautiful job, that would look great next to my SB200 linear. Time to visit some rallies I think. Bringing something back from near-dead to shiny and new like that is very satisfying.
73 de Perry
G0IFI 1 year ago
Nice Rig! How did you relabel the face plate? Thanks for the video. 73s Charlie...
wolfhawg 2 years ago
Hi Charlie and thanks for the comments. The original was in such bad shape, I scraped it down and repainted it, then sent it to a guy in NC who had a silkscreen made for this model. It's identical to the original Heath lettering, except for a couple additions I made for RIT and 14/15 MHz switch.
73
George
ks1u 2 years ago