Sometimes you see a Hotwater-8 or an HW7 (the -8 is more common) at a big hamfest going for $50-$125, depending on condition. They are usually bought for nostalgic purposes since in their heyday, they were what put many beginners on the air...
The V6 beats the pants off the Hotwater QRP radios. However, the Heathkit radios were pretty much king of hill when they first came out because of their popularity. Good design for that era but today, they are museum pieces. To say so, though, brings out the oldtimer's ire in many hams.
Bob ¡ª KK5R
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, 4:31:09 PM EST, Arv Evans <arvid.evans@...> wrote:
HW-8 (HotWire-8) was a single-conversion transceiver by Heathkit, from the 1970's era.? Not really relevant today because of US FCC requirements regarding spurious emissions.