I love the fact that you employ common sense when deconstructing something so you don't have to destroy the case I run into this in the field all the time and my industry where younger people just don't think if something is trash it needs to be demolished use the least path resistance
Great work. Just picked up a stock SB-200 from a yard sale. Have built many a Heathkit so am looking forward to upgrading this baby. Your video was very helpful. Can you comment on replacing the RCA jack with a SO-239, do you have to remove the SWR unit and is that as difficult as it looks?
Congrats on your score. No , the directional coupler only need be removed when replacing the output so-239 Takes time Be careful not to damage the t/r relay when installing an so-239 for the input 73
Can you or anyone suggest a good quality HV wire to use in these amps? I bought a CB'd SB-200 that had a burn from a soldering iron on it and it arced through to ground on initial power up. I can't find any information on what I need to buy to replace this wire.
Nice looking repair! You truly do a nice repair on these amps, thanks for explaining with a nice walk through! Thanks for sharing your videos!!
Thank you
I love the fact that you employ common sense when deconstructing something so you don't have to destroy the case I run into this in the field all the time and my industry where younger people just don't think if something is trash it needs to be demolished use the least path resistance
Thank you
Nice job! Great video with the explanations. Perhaps I'll get a SB-200 your way sometime....
Thank you
OK Busy Guy! Always awesome. Do you do 6M conversions? If so, could you show one? Heathkit SB200 or SB220. Thank You!
sure do , but haven’t in a very long time
OUTSTANDING
Thank you
Great work. Just picked up a stock SB-200 from a yard sale. Have built many a Heathkit so am looking forward to upgrading this baby. Your video was very helpful. Can you comment on replacing the RCA jack with a SO-239, do you have to remove the SWR unit and is that as difficult as it looks?
Congrats on your score. No , the directional coupler only need be removed when replacing the output so-239
Takes time
Be careful not to damage the t/r relay when installing an so-239 for the input
73
Would it be possible to replace that unobtanium rotary switch with a modern one that drove some relays to do the actual switching or something?
Switch contacts can be changed, not feasible to have a relay setup
Can you or anyone suggest a good quality HV wire to use in these amps? I bought a CB'd SB-200 that had a burn from a soldering iron on it and it arced through to ground on initial power up. I can't find any information on what I need to buy to replace this wire.
I would suggest ebay. Be careful !!!!!