"Bill Gunshannon" wrote in message
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Is there anyone who sells replacement semiconductors kits for the HW-8?
I have one that my father bought at a hamfest a couple decades ago. It
has never worked, since the day it was built and I suspect the builder
fried the delicate parts with his soldering iron. Heath had this bad
habit of using obscure parts but if it's possibl;e I would really like
to fix this so I can use it.

bill
KB3YV

Bill -

PARTS?

Mouser
http://www.mouser.com/

as well as DigiKey, RadioDaze, Allied Radio, Newark
All these distributors have the complement that you will need

Some web page suggestions for your HW-8 restoration:

Mike Bryce, WB8VGE of the TheHeathKitShop
http://www.theheathkitshop.com/

His notes on HW-8
http://www.theheathkitshop.com/hw-8.html

He also complied the HW-8 Handbook, now in second edition
Great reference inone book -- especially for those Heath technical
bulletings that many builders did
not get or read
http://www.theheathkitshop.com/hw8handbook.html

KK4KF's HW-7/8/9 web page
http://www.qsl.net/kk4kf/heathkit.html

WB6FZH HW-8 Modifications, Repairs and Recollections
http://members.aol.com/greg6fzh/hw8hints.htm

WB9DLC HW-8
http://wb9dlc.com/HW-8Mods.htm

HW-8 parts for building
http://members.aol.com/w3dx/HW8Parts.html

Looking for a quality used soldering iron -- or reapir parts for that Weller
TCP series, send me an e-mail --- W9GB
w9gb