HEATHKIT SB-200
HEATHKIT SB-200-201..............
A FULL CLASSIC MADE FROM 1964 TO 1983
TWO"572'B'S IN A GROUNDED GRID CONFIGURATION
10-80 METERS,AND A DUAL PRIMARY TRANSFORMER THAT
CAN BE WIRED FOR 110 OR 220 VOLTS,
THE SB-200-201 AND ITS BIG BROTHER THE SB-220-221 SERIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITES FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE SOME CLEAN RESPECTABLE POWER,AND DO IT CHEAP.

THE SB-200 AND 220 RAN INTILL 1978
AND WERE THEN REBADGED AS THE SB-201-221
AS THIS WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE CB BOOM AND SOME C.B.ER'S WERE GETTING SMART ENOUGH TO RUN ONE OF THESE ON 11 METERS(YIKES!!!!!!!!)

THE ONLY DIFFERANCE WAS THAT THE 10 METER TAP ON THE TANK COIL WASNT HOOKED UP TO THE BAND SWITCH
THE NOTCH WAS THERE,JUST NOT HOOKED UP,
MOST HAVE BEEN CONVERTED BACK TO 200"S AND 220"S

THIS SB-200 I PICKED UP FROM
GOOD OLD REGGIE HARPOLE"KG4CMH"
REGGIE HAILS FROM HENDERSONVILLE TENNESEE
AND IS A CLASS A-1 STAND UP GUY,A REAL STRAIGHT SHOOTER AND I STRONGLY RECOMEND HIM AS SOMEBODY TO DO BUSSINESS WITH.

AFTER I GOT IT FROM REGGIE,I GAVE IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF SHAKEDOWN THEN I LENT IT TO FRANK.
THIS IS WHERE FRANK LEARNED THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN
A PIECE OF AMATUER RADIO GEAR AND A 10 MHZ WIDE
PIECE OF SPLATTERING CB JUNK,
FRANK RAN IT ABOUT 4 MONTHS INTILL ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HEATHKIT 125 MFD FILTER CAPS DRIED UP AND SHORTED OUT.

AS SOON AS FRANK DROPED IT OFF,I REMOVED ALL THE ORIGINAL HEATHKIT FILTER CAPS AND REPLACED THEM WITH"330 MFD 450 VOLT"COMPUTER GRADE CAPS
AND REPLACED THE RECTIFIER DIODES,USING 8 10 AMP
800 VOLT PIV RECTRON UNITS FROM GOOD OLD MOUSER ELECTRONICS,THE WHOLE PILE OF SHIT WAS ABOUT 93 BUCKS TO THE DOOR AND I DID THE WHOLE THING IN ABOUT TWO HOURS ONE NIGHT.

MIKEY"SPARE PARTS"BOUGHT IT,BUT LATER MIKEY SCORED ANOTHER SB-200 THAT WAS SO CLEAN IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS IN A HEATHKIT MUSEUM,SO I BOUGHT IT BACK.

WITH A FRESH SET OF "572"S,EXPECT ABOUT 600 WATTS DEAD KEY WITH A HUNDRED WATTS DRIVE ON 220 VOLTS,THOUGH I WOUID GO EASY ON THIS.
30-40 WATTS KEY OUT OF A GOOD TUBE MODULATOR LIKE MY LITTLE SWINGER 205 SHOWS ABOUT 350 KEY,AND ABOUT 600-700 WATTS PEP,SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND NOT EVEN BREAKING A SWEAT.
TAKE THE LITTLE EXTRA TIME AND SET YOUR SB-200-220 UP FOR 220 VOLT OPERATION.
WITH SB-200'S GOING FOR $300-400,I STRONGLY RECOMEND
PICKING ONE UP,
AND THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE ALLEN HARBACH,
THESE CLASSIC HEATHS WILL PROBIBLY LAST FOREVER.
CHECK OUT THE GREAT SB-200 PAGES FROM THE MULE
HARBACH IS THE #1 SOURCE FOR SB-200-220 PARTS
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