On Jul 10, 5:47 am, wrote:
How did they get the bezels on the DX-60 and the HW-16 so right and
the SB so wrong?

The HW-16 is a really really sweet CW transceiver. With a couple mods
the break in completely seamless - it honestly feels like I can even
hear the band with the key down!

The phenolic circuit boards are mediocre. The design is fine. Thick
FR4 glass epoxy would have made the Heath's much better.

I had many, many problems with intermittent cracked traces in HW-100's
and HW-101's. They'd be fine when cold, but when the set began to warm
up the opens could happen just about anywhere. Usual situation was
that receive signal goes away, or transmit power does, and it's
remedied by a couple sharp knocks on the chassis.

Tim.