Todd, my first thoughts after reading your message.
1. If you can find someone in your area that would be great.
2. If not start reading, and ask questions. (This is how I learned)
3. HV is not something you should be afraid of, it is however something
you need to understand and respect.
Best
I have had a DX-60 for a couple of weeks now. I have done repairs and mods on
it and it works great.
What seems to be the problem with yours?
Brian/KF5CCN
--- On Tue, 6/1/10, Dave Mayfield W9WRL w...@gwltd.com wrote:
From: Dave Mayfield W9WRL w...@gwltd.com
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Any AM ops
During my initial tune up, the transmitter acted as it it did not want to tune.
There was an audible low pop. Then no power. Some one suggested maybe a breaker
in the power supply chain, but I dont recognize one. The ham i got it from
claimed that it worked. It seemed to, but it wouldnt tune
Sounds kind of like a resistor blew up, but that's a SWAG (Scientific Wild Ass
Guess). Is there a resistor in series with a supply lead or in a cathode that
might be cracked?
Bill AD5OL
From: Todd Carpenter n9...@yahoo.com
To: kf5...@arrl.net; Discussion of
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Todd Carpenter n9...@yahoo.com wrote:
During my initial tune up, the transmitter acted as it it did not want to
tune. There was an audible low pop. Then no power. Some one suggested maybe a
breaker in the power supply chain, but I dont recognize one. The ham
The first thing you should do with any old gear is replace ALL the electrolytic
caps.
As far as working with high voltage, follow the safety precautions.
Remove ALL jewelery from hands, fingers. Make sure the unit is UNPLUGGED from
AC power. Wait for voltage to bleed off. Then discharge the
I didnt see any damaged parts, but I will get a flashlight and give it a more
thorough inspection if i can tonight.
-Original Message-
From: BILL GUYGER bguy...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:50
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net;
Parts may not appear damaged, but 45 year old caps need to be replaced. If they
are not bad now, they soon will be. Trust me on this one, and ask around too.
Resistor can get out of tolerance over time.
Do not make the mistake I made - I was using a schematic for a DX-60B, I have a
DX-60.
Yeah, I saw that when I was looking at manuals. Mine is a B model as well. I
have the manual and diagrams for the B model. I will have to look into rr doing
the caps. I have recently acquired new caps for my knight T50, but there never
seems to be enough time. I have a new in the box TenTec
Todd, Brian and the others do give some great advice. Replacing the
electrolytic capacitors should be a priority if the DX-60 is stock.
That right there just might solve your issues. Also, if it is an
original stock DX-60, the 2-prong power plug will have fuses. If the
plug seems It would
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