An HW-101...a dog...a great grandma and a good tube tester.

The video title pretty much says it all.

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Education

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• heathkit
• hw-101
• ham
• radio
• amateur

[ThePhonoJack]

Yikes, Congrats on that nice tube tester find. If you have too much time on your hands, maybe you could create videos on how you restored the tester and how to run a complete set of tests. Lots of fun, thanks and very best regards, Jack

[joernone]

@ThePhonoJack

Jack,

Great minds think alike. I do plan on uploading vids about the tube tester's restoration. It won't involve all that much...just cleaning contacts and tube pins, and changing out various caps and out of tolerance resistors. But I will make a couple vids about it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Regards,

John

[vwestlife]

Regarding "communications quality," AM sounds a lot better than SSB on the ham bands (it gets rid of that "robotic" sound), but consumes a lot more power to transmit and occupies a wider bandwidth, so to be "polite," AM users stay within a small portion of each ham band. I enjoy listening to hams transmitting AM because of the more natural sound and easier tuning than SSB, and most AMers use and talk about vintage tube type equipment, which is always fun to hear.

[joernone]

@vwestlife

I'm sure you're correct about AM, but right now SSB is it for me. I'm a new Ham who hasn't gotten on the air yet, but hope to get it done within the next 10-days. Things are almost ready...only a few more loose ends to tie up.

Do you have an AM rig? If so, have you uploaded any vids about it?

Thanks for watching.

Regards,

John

[vwestlife]

@joernone I had a nice Gonset G76 tube AM/CW transceiver but ultimately sold it because Morse code was a stumbling block for me, and that was back when you needed to pass a code test in order to get an HF license. I did have a No-Code Tech license and a 2-meter handy-talkie but found it fairly boring compared to the excitement of the HF bands. Maybe when I get a house of my own I'll go for the General license and set up some HF gear -- right now I just don't have space for a good antenna!

[joernone]

@vwestlife

Never heard of a Gonset G76, so I did a Google. Nice-looking rig.

Over the years code has been a problem for many. But that was before the old Hams began dying off, severely dwindling the money-spending/dues-paying ranks. With the CW requirement dropped the Ham ranks (and money) are now on the rebound. Capitalism at its best.

You know, a small, used HF rig connected to a Slinky hung across a window will get you up and running. Now go get that General Class.

Regards,

John

[joernone]

@ThePhonoJack,

Thanks. The seller bought it 10-years ago from a gent who wanted out of the electronic repair biz. In fact, he bought all of the guy's equipment, but never used any of it. He finally got sick of seeing it lay around, so offered it to me. It was "at the right place at the right time" and all that.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Regards,

John

[ThePhonoJack]

Hi John, Congrats on that nice tube tester fid

[joernone]

@GeoN0JRJ,

Thanks, George. I appreciate the visit.

Everyone be sure to visit George's channel and watch his radio repair and test equipment vids. They're very good. You'll learn a lot.

Regards,

John

[joernone]

@ncautoman57

Thanks. I got in the mood to do a mish-mash, so just did it.

It's good having you here.

Regards,

John