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Title: The DX-60A is alive Post by: n9iz on May 10, 2011, 12:46:03 AM Thanks to those of you who commented and offered suggestions on getting the old Heathkit working. Adding some heavy duty power resistors to the HV power supply did the trick. I trashed the old ones. I was able to load it up into my dummy load on 7194kc since that's the only crystal I have. I get about 56W out so I'm pretty happy with that. This is all following the suggested procedure in the manual. I guess it's now time to get to restoring one of my receivers so it can go on the air. Maybe need a vfo, too, as rockbound operation seems a little restrictive. In the meantime I might read up about some of the AM mods around for improving the transmitter. Don't know if I want to mod it or not. My other transmitter is a Viking II that also needs work. I may save up my money for getting it going as I plan to make it my main boatanchor transmitter. All for now.
Jeff Title: Re: The DX-60A is alive Post by: W3GMS on May 10, 2011, 11:37:50 AM Jeff, AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
Congrats on getting your DX-60A up and running. That is the rig I started with in 1966. Later I acquired a DX-60 and had a blast using it on Straight Key Night this past year. My next job will be to re-engineer the HR-10 for some better performance. Look for a nice HG-10 VFO and you will be all set. Joe, W3GMS |