Bringing a CLASSIC "Back to the Future" - The HeathKit HW-8
A few weeks ago, I bumped into Dr. Emmet Brown while he was working on his DeLorean Time Machine while I was doing a Parks on the Air activation at the Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve - US-7956 in Louisville, KY. USA. I asked Dr. Brown if it was possible he could spare a few minutes to travel back in time to Christmas 1977, when my former wife (SK) purchased a Heathkit HW-8 CW transceiver for me as a Christmas gift. Although I was unlicensed and we lived in a Townhouse apartment with antenna restrictions; I was not going to let it deter me from building this rig and getting licensed. The Great Blizzard of January 1978 was the PERFECT time to build this rig; as Indianapolis, IN. USA, like many Midwestern cities at that time were shut down for more than a week. With my Townhouse property management focused on clearing snow, ice, freezing pipes and heating issues; as the 20' vertical wire secured to 2 - 10' sections of PVC and atta...