Dave,

If it was mine, assuming that the cabinet and front panel were
in good original condition, I'd totally deconstruct it and
rebuild it back to stock condition. That should be relatively
easy since you have the manual. Someone commented that the
HW-7 has a lousy receiver. That's absolutely true. Compared
to an FTdx-9000 or IC-7800, it's laughable. However, over the
decades that the HW-7 has been around, thousands of hams have
made tens of thousands of successful QSOs with them, and many
continue to do so. It's a fun rig to play with. With that in
mind, it'd be worth my time to rebuild it. If nothing else,
it would be a nice project for those cold winter nights!

No, I don't want to buy it. I have my projects lined up...

73,
Dean K5DH


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Hello all,

I have a HW-7 that I recently acquired on a whim - it's been HEAVILY
modified - RIT, CW filter, new front end on a home-built board, new
power connector (yucky one), and other little mods and extra parts insid
e
all over the place! And - you guessed it - it's stone cold dead. Any
thoughts I where to begin trouble shooting such a wreck? Or is it worth
even trying, given that most of the mods are on homemade boards with
no documentation - no idea if they ever even worked. I've thought about
just selling it again or ripping out everything and turning the case int
o a
home built receiver of another design or housing an SST-20 xcvr in it.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

Dave WB7AWK