[heathkit] hw16

[becka@eastlink.ca]

How silly of me. one is capacitive and the coil is inductive= two happy people at resonance.

I will try.

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Pearl <rspearl@msn.com>
Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:46 am
Subject: [heathkit] hw16

> the coil size might be a 10.999 mico henery 1 X 10 to the -6 I 
> guess I got in a hurry in answering your email.the caps in the 
> circuit are the same 47 pico fared and it also connected to the 
> grid of the tube which puts out 125 volts and your tube puts out 
> 100 volts the rf coil also Is attached to the 40meter  switch on 
> both radios. looks like the same type of circuit. but again not 
> knowing the values of the coils makes it difficult and really 
> guessing. mabey it would be better for me to wait and buy another 
> hw16 for parts. I am begening to think that it's the way of old 
> radios. hi hi
> bob 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: becka@eastlink.ca<mailto:becka@eastlink.ca> 
>  To: heathkit List Member<mailto:rspearl@msn.com> 
>  Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:11 PM
>  Subject: [heathkit] hw16
> 
> 
>  Yea, all the manuals went up in smoke off BAMA.
> 
>  I will look to see it I have them.
> 
>  Alan
> 
>  P.S. I would love to send you the right coil.
>  Is a picohenry the same as a picofarad? 1X10 to the negative12, 
> in scientific notation??
> 
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Bob Pearl <rspearl@msn.com<mailto:rspearl@msn.com>>
>  Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:48 pm
>  Subject: [heathkit] hw16
> 
>  > it is vary possible that your coil will work it comes from a 
>  > pentode tube and has the same size cap in parallel with it. I 
> could 
>  > not find out the voltage from your 6145 tube but mine has a 125 
>  > supply voltage to the rf  coil so. all in all I think it will 
> work. 
>  > heath kit does not tell me the size of my coil but if my math 
> is 
>  > right it should be around 10.999 mico henerys. so let me know 
> what 
>  > you think.
>  > thank you for responding to my call.
>  > Bob w7utp
>  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >  From: 
> becka@eastlink.ca<mailto:becka@eastlink.ca<mailto:becka@eastlink.ca%3Cmailto:becka@eastlink.ca>> 
>  >  To: heathkit List 
> Member<mailto:rspearl@msn.com<mailto:rspearl@msn.com>> 
>  >  Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:48 AM
>  >  Subject: [heathkit] hw16
>  > 
>  > 
>  >  Bob,
>  > 
>  >  I have a DX-40 here that I think is unusable. If you can find 
>  > that part on the schematic for it, I will gladly send it to you.
>  > 
>  >  Time is something I don't have, parts from a DX-40, I do have.
>  > 
>  >  73,
>  > 
>  >  Alan
>  >  VY2WU
>  > 
>  >  ----- Original Message -----
>  >  From: Bob Pearl 
> <rspearl@msn.com<mailto:rspearl@msn.com<mailto:rspearl@msn.com%3Cmailto:rspearl@msn.com>>>  >  Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:40 am
>  >  Subject: [heathkit] hw16
>  > 
>  >  > I have a hw16 with a bad 40 meter rf coil it is L2 on the 
>  > schemetic 
>  >  > .#40-796 in the manual, is there a replacement coil I can 
> buy 
>  > or 
>  >  > will I have to get a parts radio for this fix? thank you.
>  >  > Bob w7utp
>  > 
>  > 
> 
>