I just acquired a Heathkit DX-100 for repair/restoration for personal use and am looking for a few resources. I need a red knob for the 6146 grid drive. There is also a piece of the VFO dial broken out. If I can't find a replacement it is not a big deal because the rest of the dial is in decent condition, but if I had a better one I would use it. The face plate of this radio is also only in fair condition. Has anyone come across a source for replacements like I've seen on eBay for SB-200's and HW-16's? Lastly, without going to the paint store for custom mixing has anyone picked up the two shades of grey paint for the cabinet? Again, if not it is not a big deal. I'm sure these grey colors should be fairly easy to match or come close to.
I'm looking for comments also on the antenna loading circuit. The original coarse/fine arrangement has been replaced with a 3 section variable that measures 1100 pf to 2920 pf using my ECG Capacitance meter. The DX-100 article in the June ER Magazine makes reference to Heath's modification using a 3 section variable totaling about 1200 pf. The original circuit switched in 200, 400, 600, or 800 pf and then used a 250 pf variable allowing matching of 50-600 ohms. Since I will be using unbalanced (coax) does this value seem appropriate and what might I expect? This transmitter also has been modified for use with a SB-10. The modification is done nicely with the 0B2 tubes mounted underneath and a rotary switch on the front panel on the right side providing a geometric balance to the meter switch. The only negative to this mod is the way holes were hacked in the rear cabinet screen material for the SO-239's. I thing it is well worth the $49 I paid on eBay. The seller lives near my brother who picked it up and met me at a family anniversary party this weekend saving shipping charges. 73, Tom K3TVC From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 19 13:05:57 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Original-To: [email protected] Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.55]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D9F859C17 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:05:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ms-mss-04 ([10.10.4.34]) by ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5JGwnIe022309 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:58:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nyroc.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-04.nyroc.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.10 (built Dec 26 2005)) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [email protected]; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:58:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.10.6.26] (Forwarded-For: [72.228.96.121]) by ms-mss-04.nyroc.rr.com (mshttpd); Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:58:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:58:49 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Heathkit DX-100 In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 2.10 (built Dec 26 2005) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:05:57 -0000 I can't help you with the restoration.... as far as custom mixing of paint, most quality stores will use a "meter' to get the exact color of the object to be painted.... no extra charge <<? photospectrometer maybe??>> klc ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:16 am Subject: [AMRadio] Heathkit DX-100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> > I just acquired a Heathkit DX-100 for repair/restoration for > personal use and am looking for a few resources. I need a red knob > for the 6146 grid drive. There is also a piece of the VFO dial > broken out. If I can't find a replacement it is not a big deal > because the rest of the dial is in decent condition, but if I had > a better one I would use it. The face plate of this radio is also > only in fair condition. Has anyone come across a source for > replacements like I've seen on eBay for SB-200's and HW-16's? > Lastly, without going to the paint store for custom mixing has > anyone picked up the two shades of grey paint for the cabinet? > Again, if not it is not a big deal. I'm sure these grey colors > should be fairly easy to match or come close to. > > I'm looking for comments also on the antenna loading circuit. The > original coarse/fine arrangement has been replaced with a 3 > section variable that measures 1100 pf to 2920 pf using my ECG > Capacitance meter. The DX-100 article in the June ER Magazine > makes reference to Heath's modification using a 3 section variable > totaling about 1200 pf. The original circuit switched in 200, 400, > 600, or 800 pf and then used a 250 pf variable allowing matching > of 50-600 ohms. Since I will be using unbalanced (coax) does this > value seem appropriate and what might I expect? > > This transmitter also has been modified for use with a SB-10. The > modification is done nicely with the 0B2 tubes mounted underneath > and a rotary switch on the front panel on the right side providing > a geometric balance to the meter switch. The only negative to this > mod is the way holes were hacked in the rear cabinet screen > material for the SO-239's. > > I thing it is well worth the $49 I paid on eBay. The seller lives > near my brother who picked it up and met me at a family > anniversary party this weekend saving shipping charges. > > > 73, > > Tom K3TVC > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >
