Enhanced chirp on my HW-16!

[KL7AJ]

Greetings all. I have my HW-16 all tweaked and twiddled for 40 meters tonight...I'll be hanging out on the SKCC frequencies for the most part. Listen for my rich, distinctive chirp! I was thinking of removing the 0a2 in my HG-10 VFO for even further "seasoning", but the FCC might consider that a bit silly.

QRV!~

ERic

[KL7AJ]

Hey....it even works on 15 meters. Chirps backwards up there, though

[K9STH]

Are you running the HG-10 from a separate power supply like Heath recommends in the instruction manual?

Glen, K9STH

[WB2WIK]

Is "enhanced chirp" anything like "enhanced SSB?"

My homebrew HF rig built in 1966 (and on the air right now for SKN) has a chirp if I use the homebrew VFO in it. So, I don't. The external Hallicrafters HA-5 fixed that.

That darned HA-5 is an amazing VFO. Bought it in '66 or '67 for about $79 or so; it's stable as can be and still works. I think it still has all its original dust inside, since I've never removed the cover in 44 years or so.

[NO2A]

Greetings all. I have my HW-16 all tweaked and twiddled for 40 meters tonight...I'll be hanging out on the SKCC frequencies for the most part. Listen for my rich, distinctive chirp! I was thinking of removing the 0a2 in my HG-10 VFO for even further "seasoning", but the FCC might consider that a bit silly.

QRV!~

ERic

I always liked the purple glow from that tube in my `TR-4CW.

[K7JBQ]

For that really distinctive, DX-grabbing chirp, just dial down the power supply voltage.

73,
Bill