Bob, back in my younger ham years in the 70's I bought and wired up a HW-7 and HW-8 and was forever hooked on QRP operation. Strictly homebrew now. I just received a HW-8 off of ebay and so far the receiver seems to be good to go but have yet to test the transmitter section. The loading cap C303 is stuck so I need to try to free that up and the PCB has sagged in the middle to where some of the trim cap lugs were touching the bottom case. Plus the soldering looks a bit wonky but no cold joints that I can see. Any ideas from your end on those too issues? I might try heating the PCB with a hair dryer and see if I can reduce the warp but do not want to damage any parts along the way ;-) Anyhoo, hope you have a Happy New Year de WA4JAT

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Many hams forget that the antenna is big point of it all hams use run 3 tube receivers and 2 tube transmitters and worked the world , you can have 10 000 dollar radio but if you dont have a good antenna whats the point of it evena dipole up in the clear can work DX , get the antenna in up in the clear. tune the antenna dont reply on tuners tune the antenna. Tony ve4akf

Prairie Bird Senior? I at first thought Prairie Bird Senior was a plane I was unaware of. You better put a DT on this

Bob, great pair of hw-8 radios. It was my 1st radio back in 1980 as a Novice. Picked up a 2nd one many years later that had zero mods to it! What is the meter you have on the 1st HW8 you talk about, and what info can you pass along about the digital dial output mod on your 2nd HW8?

What battery set up are you using?

That's not a SUPER regenerative receiver it is a regenerative only. Super regens are the old VHF 'HISS' box rx's

Nice working Sierra!

Where did you get the Heathkit green paint? Ace hardware scanned it and gave me a perfect match.

Wow...what a sharp little rig! Sweet!

Great job...I have had three HW-8s...fun radios indeed.

I love Conroe for my birthday yesterday I got a model power Conrail DDT switcher

Fantastic

know this was a long time ago but do you remember the c of g

I was questioning whether model power was a runner b/c the price was so cheap! Your using the same track as me. Thanks

Smaller steam engines require the smaller rolling stock. I have a bunch of the bigger cars. Today i went through put new axles on my smaller cars just for my 6s and lower 0-4-0 steamers. The bigger ones are to heavy for small engines.

the meter looks cool....looks like it works both ways, eh?....my first transceiver was an HW-8 kit for my 15th birthday....also ran a donated dx-40 with a knight VFO, a handful of crystals, and two receivers....an old s-53a, and a dx-160 I got for some sweat equity at a guys' house one weekend....excellent for 40M CW...blew the front end of the rcvr out by forgetting to hit the standby switch when I replied to a guy....man....back in the day....

I like this :)

Bob, awesome video, now for me this is amateur radio at its best, look forward to working you when i get an antenna back up here in our new house in France. CW...QRP.....old radios what more could you want !

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Very nice! I ran the HW-7 for several years back in the '70's and 80's. QRP is fun stuff!

Bob, I restore and operate, too. I have put many vintage rigs back on the in CW, SSB, and AM. Similar to your HW-8, I have encountered a number of 40 and 50 year old radios that never worked until they found their way to my bench. Getting an old boat anchor (or canoe anchor, for that matter) back on the air or on the air for the first time is quite a feeling of accomplishment. As I write this, I'm listening to some CW on 75 meters with my HR-10, DX-60, HG-10, HD-10, and Johnson Match Box vintage combo. See you down the log!

What an awful model! The nose is disgusting!

Great work Bob! Picked up one of these recently for $100 in pristine condition with no mods! Worked when I fired it up but did an alignment, QSK board and audio amp board as well as the s meter mod and top lighting for the dial and meter. Have not made any contacts with it yet due to real crummy band conditions and I think everybody is running FT8. Do you know or anybody else know how many of these were produced by heathkit? Mine is ser #9868.

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well....there was an HA# station at about four minutes in....sounded good out of the HW-8....had one in the early 80's....run K1 Elecraft rigs now, one at the mancrib/hamshack, and one that stays in the backpack for SOTA's and campouts/hikes….cool.

I love mine.. Spot tune and everything.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6GXZHibqJqfZsU

HK1NA should be Columbia, So. America...big contester...in most of the big ones...had an hw-8 in 1980....

In the early 90s I found an HW-7 and an HW-8 at a hamfest. Paid $15 for the pair. Blown output transistor in each. Worked a ton of stateside and DX with both. Sadly, during a move, they went in the wrong box.. and ended up in a landfill. I'm heartbroken still

Cool! Nice looking plane. You are a pretty darn good pilot too! My Dad built and flew RC planes from the late 50's until the 90's. I grew up building and flying Carl Goldberg Control Line planes. Our planes were powered by glow fuel engines. I have been curious about the progress of RC planes powered with electric motors and rechargeable batteries. Looks like they have come a long way.

Sounds good! I am a retired professional guitarist and singer of 38+ years. The past 13 years with Carnival Cruise Lines entertainment department.

Nice work...very impressive!

I have the Bachmann HO conrail GP40 I thing and it’s a really nice weighted locomotive. I’m planning on picking up their dcc system

Get u a bigboy union pacific ho scale for your layout u will love it

Keep looking u find the video u looking for there at least 1000 video

thanks for review i think this would be a good beginner engine for my grandson.

Hi Bob, I just received my Tech license after an expired Novice from the early 80's. I dusted off my HW-8 I built with my grandfather in 1979 and I know it's "normal" for new Techs to go to 2m phone straight away..but I discovered I was too mike-shy and it was easier to QSO with CW..my wpm is still on the low side..but my copy is getting better. LOVE the HW-8 too. Cheers and 73. KC1JWG.

Very good, congratulations!

They are great flying airplanes, the stock motor seems like it has enough power.

Nice video, Bob. Nice job on the radio also.

Those peir sets are really steep in the railroad world. they make them like that so you can get an over under arrangement with a short track, but its at the expense of good opperation.

Model power F2's are made from 1950s marx castings

Thanks for a great video on this little receiver; very well done!

When I got relicensed in the early 80's after being off the air for 15 years.. I did it as a novice ...and used the hw-7 to get up to speed for my Advanced. Really the only time in my life I worked CW all the time.. and it was very enjoyable. with a wire antenna and a lantern battery in a knap sack.. I could go on the air anywhere. Even hung a wire from a Cactus ! Think there has to be a HW7 or 8 in my future.

Velly nice bob. You have reason to be proud of the resurrection of a radio that was such a mess into what you now have. Kudos.

It's sensitive and selective too. Nice for an old home brew.

Awesome video on a awesome qrp kit, sad that is not stil in production. In any case, thank you so much to make me laugh with your comment on the last CW OP :-)

WB3T DE KD5SMF, I own a HW-8 that isn't working. fortunately the rest of the station products that came with it do work like the HW- Antenna tuner for the QRP handles 100 watts out, and the power supply. I have not had time to chase the circuits as I wanted to get my HW-7 working first but that one isn't either. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time or the money to invest in their repair. I wish someone would just write a definitive book on the HW-7 & 8 transceiver's covering their original specifications through the mod's & how to repair, restore the radio's. Nice job on your project & I enjoyed the video... 73's de kd5smf

I honestly think you and I are twins....separated at birth!! I have restored about 4 or 5 of the HW-8s and at least 2 HW-7s over the years. Great job on the paint, "body work", love the meter.....and I totally agree, that R-S DSP unit really works on these rigs. Now, since I viewed this vid, I am going to find another HW-8 to play with. (I found good homes for all the others....unfortunately I didn't keep one for me!) Vy good job. Rich K7SZ