After two months of toil it is "Basta" time for the HW-32A. Or better said I seek more productive use of my time. A great anchor point is the SBE-33 that was purchased for $45 and given the N6QW overhaul. Now that was a satisfying experience.
I dug it out as it was a project that was vastly more complicated and to provide a reference point of what can be done with old boat anchors. You have not lived life until you fish out and replace all of the electrolytic caps that are used in the voltage quadruple circuit.
Enjoy!
Them that know can make things go (most of the time).
The SBE-33, vintage 1962 was a four band (80-15) Hybrid Rig featuring a Collins Filter, all solid state except for the driver and final and had a built-in power supply. The transistors were mostly Germanium and featured a bilateral configuration, certainly not the 1st bilateral, but 50 years ahead of a Bitx rig.
A short history of Ham Radio is here.
73's
Pete N6QW