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| Reviews Summary for Heathkit HW-2036A |
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Reviews: 1
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Average rating: 4.0/5
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MSRP: $269.95 (1978)
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Description: 2-Meter FM synthesized transceiver, 10 watt.
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WB3KWW
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 21, 2006 11:07
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Great Audio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I built and owned one of these rigs in the late 70s and early 80s. It was a fantastic rig; with a 5/8 colinear, I never had any problem hearing/hitting repeaters within reasonable distance, and always got compliments on my audio quality. I rewired the touchtone mike to be battery-less, so the mike was light and did not create a problem while driving.
The only negative things about the rig that I can recall: It had only one preset and one custom offset, and the adjacent signal rejection was not quite up to some of the more crowded repeater farm areas around New York City. Also, as I remember, it did not have PL (which, at the time I owned it, was only a problem around NYC).
The morning I found that someone had stolen the rig from my (locked) trunk, was one of my saddest moments in hamming (Heath was no longer selling them at that point, or I would have bought another kit immediately).
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