Ray,
Funny you should ask. I've been fixing up an HW-101 I bought years
ago ($20!), and I'm now using it as a backup rig. Actually, the
receiver performance is very impressive. I'm still chasing down
a minor AGC problem, but otherwise its fully functional.

Like your first one, mine was poorly built and I had to fight through
lots of cold solder joints and a couple of mis-wired circuits. Took
some time, but I enjoy this sort of thing. Cheap therapy!

I'd suggest using parts from the rig with the butchered panel
to restore the other one. BTW: the only mod mine has is a
fan bolted to the finals cage. Probably a good thing to have.

Good luck!

Steve W6SSP
p.s.-I heard a heathkit net on 20 meters last Sunday...didn't log the
frequency, but the time was about 1 PM PST. Might be worth
checking out.

Ray Collins *remove wrote in message
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I just received a second one off E-Bay. The first one has some problems,
looks good but wired badly, audio hum, but no signal . The wiring is
immaculate on the second one, the guy did a really nice job. Now the
problem, there are six added switches on the front panel of the second
one. Looks like W9NJG built it as his call and SS number are
ingraved. I doubt if he performed the mods. Big resistor network for a
dummy load is mounted inside, added resistors.(in other words a mess)
Also a big muffin fan was added over the finals.

The mods are the problem anybody know what they would do? One is
labeled (in pencil) Lo Hi another has Spkr and I can't make out the
other side.

The quandry is which one to save?

Raymond
VA7 MGB