On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:59:56 UTC, "Steve" wrote:

Hi Gang,
This is probabaly a dumb question, but is the Heath HW-101
and SB-101 basically the same? The reason I'm asking is that
I already have a decent HW-101, and I was just offered an
SB-101 for a very reasonable price. If the SB-101 is a much
better rig, I may buy the SB and sell the HW.


Get the SB-101 unless you really love the HW-101.

The SB-101 has the tube version of the LMO, 1 kHz frequency
readout, compare to the, what, 5 kHz dial on the HW-101. The SB-101
is more stable too.

A little discussed feature. The HW-100 has a broad slope SSB
filter. I don't know if the HW-101 uses that or the 6 pole SB
filter. If it has the HW-100's filter, which I believe is a 4 pole,
then, for that reason alone, the SB-101 is a better choice.

Either way, though. Both are good radios and plenty good enough.

Why not get the SB-101, run your own comparison for 6 months or a
year, then keep one and sell the other.

de ah6gi/4