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Fred McKenzie writes:
In article ,
(Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

Is there anyone who sells replacement semiconductors kits for the HW-8?

Bill-

Parts used by Heath may not have been so obscure back then!

Having built many Heathkits, I can assure you they were. :-)
Knowing how common 12v power supplies were/are, just look at the regulator
used in the PS for the Heath 2meter rig.

However
they did mark them with their own proprietary numbers. Therefore you
need a cross reference before you can see how common they are.

I found such a cross reference at
http://www.d8apro.com/heath3.htm which has quite a long list of Heath
part numbers.

That web site has additional Heath information at
http://www.d8apro.com/heath1.htm .

I will check out both of these. I still have a lot of Heath stuff. I
mean, when you are talking obscure, I even built the "Digital Clock" for
my wife. You know the one that stood 6' tall and used light bulbs stuck
into plastic segments for the display. Try to find any kind of bulb
suitable for replacing them!! The clock has languished in my attic for
years. I have recently given thought to changing the driver board and
just using LEDs. It's campy, but I still like that clock.

bill
KB3YV

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