"Hot Water" HW-101

• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Benton Harbor (MI)

• Year
• 1970–1983

• Category
• Amateur TRX: Transmitter/Receiver (and Transceiver)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 82062

• • alternative name: Heath Company

• Picture
• Schematics

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• Number of Tubes
• 19

• Valves / Tubes
• 6EA8 6AU6 6AU6 6AU6 6EA8 6CB6 6CL6 6146 6146 6HS6 6HS6 6EA8 6BN8 6GW8 6EA8 12AU7 12AT7 0A2 12AT7 6AU6

• Number of Transistors
• 2

• Semiconductors
• MPF105 2N3393

• Main principle
• Transceiver; ZF/IF 3395 kHz

• Wave bands
• Short Wave (SW only)

• Power type and voltage
• Powered by external power supply or a main unit.

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: "Hot Water" HW-101 - Heathkit Brand, Heath Co.;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15 x 6.25 x 13.5 inch / 381 x 159 x 343 mm

• Notes
• Heathkit HF-Transceiver HW-101.
  Double-conversion. SSB/CW, provision for optional CW xtal-IF-filter ($ 44.95), eight 500 kHz HAM-Bands between 3.5 and 29.5 MHz. Approx. 100 watts output. Mainly sold in kit-form. Needs power-supply HP-23.
  The "Hot Water 101" was on of the most successful HK products, over 35.000 to nearly 40.000 sets were made.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 10 kg / 22 lb 0.4 oz (22.026 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 399.00 $

• Mentioned in
• Heathkit: A Guide to Amateur Radio Products (2. Ed. 2003)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Schematic

• Author
• Model page created by Hinrich Grensemann † 15.5.16. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 713 models, 697 with images and 503 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Benton Harbor (MI)