Lafayette HE-35 Transceiver Crystal

[K9STH]

Here is the 8 MHz oscillator that was added to the original Heath HW-29 "Sixer" to use 8 MHz crystals instead of overtone crystals. The change was made in the HW-29A and there was a kit available to add the circuit to the original "Sixer". A single section tube, such as the 6AU6, can be substituted for the 1/2 6BA8. Of course, the pin numbers will change.

Glen, K9STH

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[WA2CWA]

The HE-35 was a lot like the "Lincoln" that Allied Radio sold. Both were manufactured "off shore" and the design of the receiver, although a super-heterodyne, left a lot to be desired.


Glen, K9STH

Wrong information. The HE-35 and HE-35A were both manufactured in the U.S.A. and some of them were actualy built not far from the Syosset warehouse. Most of Lafayette's early ham and CB transceivers (HE-45 series, HE-50 series, HE-61 and 62, Starflite transmitter, HE-15 series, HE-20 series, several of eary HB series, and several other models) were all built here in the U. S.A. The HB-266 was built by Hammarlund and the HB-333 was built by Polyronics.

I believe I also mentioned this in some other thread some time ago when you made the same statement.

For Steve, WIK's, benefit, all of these products were sold with 30-day money-back guarantee.

Pete, wa2cwa

[K9STH]

I may be mistaken about the HE-35. However, Lafayette definitely sold a number of amateur radio units that were actually made by Trio, now Kenwood. The Lafayette HE-10 / KT-200 receiver was definitely made by Trio as were a number of others such as the HA-225, HA-226, HA-230, HA-350, HA-600, HE-80, etc.

The HE-25 transmitter was made in Japan but I don't know for sure about the HA-650 6-meter or HA-1200 2-meter units. The "styling" of the HA-1200 definitely suggests Japan but not so much the HA-650.

I did some checking and the HE-35 was made in the U.S.A. by DeWald.

Glen, K9STH

[WA2CWA]

I may be mistaken about the HE-35. However, Lafayette definitely sold a number of amateur radio units that were actually made by Trio, now Kenwood. The Lafayette HE-10 / KT-200 receiver was definitely made by Trio as were a number of others such as the HA-225, HA-226, HA-230, HA-350, HA-600, HE-80, etc.

The HE-25 transmitter was made in Japan but I don't know for sure about the HA-650 6-meter or HA-1200 2-meter units. The "styling" of the HA-1200 definitely suggests Japan but not so much the HA-650.

I did some checking and the HE-35 was made in the U.S.A. by DeWald.

Glen, K9STH

That is correct for the most part. The HA-600 was only made by Trio for a short manufacturing run and then it was moved to another Japanese manufacturer. The HA-1200 was made by Trio. The HA-650, HA-750, HA-800, and HA-144 were not made by Trio but another Japanese manufacturer. If you have any Lafayette catalog from 1965 to the 1978/79 catalog, you can tell what Lafayette items were imported by the catalog/stock number. If the number started with "99", it was manufactured for Lafayette in Japan. I was Lafayette's longest part-time employee having been associated with several of the NJ retail stores and 1 NYC store plus I did much of the Lafayette service work for many of the NJ stores from the early 70's to early/mid 80's. I probably have the largest collection of original parts and original manuals that still exists today for Lafayette.

Pete, wa2cwa

[K9STH]

There are a number of Internet sites which state that Trio made all of the off shore units! Probably some corrections need to be made.

Glen, K9STH

[WA2CWA]

There are lots of Internet sites that have bad or incorrect information and/or questionable sources.

Pete, wa2cwa