Hello David,
Chuck Penson's excellent book, HEATHKIT: A GUIDE TO THE AMATEUR RADIO
PRODUCTS, 2nd Ed., lists both the HR-1680 and the HX-1681. According to
Chuck, the HR-1680 was released in the Fall of 1967, but the HX-1681, which
initially was advertised as coming soon, was plagued with
In a message dated 10/6/07 12:07:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
According to
Chuck, the HR-1680 was released in the Fall of 1967,
I think he meant fall of 1976.
The first advertisement for the HR-1680 that I could find was QST for
October, 1976. The ARRL Product
Jim, N2EY, is correct; the 1967 is a typo on my part. Chuck Penson states that
the HR-1680 was released in the Fall of 1976.
Original message
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:54:32 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Heath CW Twins
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL
Since there are CW and Heath enthusiasts in one place, I was curious
about a set of twins I picked up 4 or 5 years ago. You are welcome to
reply off lists if it is not appropriate, as I do not wish to offend.
I picked up a Heathkit HR1680, and HX1681, complete with all manuals and
power
The eham reviews are mixed.
I don't think they were great rigs, but likely a lot of fun.
I did a Google search, usually anything heathkit brings up
loads of mods and such, but nothing on these rigs...
Old stuff is fun to play with, but often not real fun to actually
use, although the solid state
David:
In 1977 (Good Heavens! That's 30 years ago.) I built a HR-1680 and
used it for several years. As a strictly CW guy, and preferring
separate units, the 1680/81 combination was just what I was looking
for. The HR-1680 was not a high performance receiver compared to
modern rigs, but I
6 matches
Mail list logo
