CONVERSION OF HG-10, DX-60B

[Brian Carling]

<SOAPBOX>
If I were you I would go solid state on the VFO oscillator tube and
leave the rest of it as-is.

You will have a far more pleasant result, and you will prevent
yourself from depriving the Boatanchor community of one more good old
DX-60 that ought to stay around as designed (grin!)

</SOAPBOX>

On  4 Sep 98 at 19:23, john wrote:

> At 04:03 PM 9/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Don't shoot me but I'd like to convert my HG-10 and DX-60B to solid state
> >units.
>
> Hmmm... we wont shoot you, but you didnt say anything about
> conversion attempts! :-)
>
> Sooo many attempts at converting (and "improving") radios result in
> the hacked up hulks we all see at hamfests that it's hard not to
> dissuade someone from attempting this.
>
> Some questions:
>
> Why would you do this?  Tubes are cheap, the radio will likely never
> work as well as originally designed and implemented even if the
> solid stating is successful, and another older rig will hit the
> bonepile.   I'm not at all trying to quash your ham spirit (what
> keeps me interested in Heath and boatanchors in general IS the warm
> soldering iron and the opportunity to work on stuff) but the odds
> are you'll be happier, learn more, and end up with a better radio if
> you were to homebrew a station rather than attempt to "solid state"
> that set of gear.
>
> An analogy would be... if presented with a 30's automobile... would
> it be a "better" automobile if the driveline was yanked out and a
> modern one reinstalled... or would part of the essence of what made
> it desirable in the first place be lost in the "improvement".
> Granted, on the odd chance that the surgery was successful , the car
> may stop, start and accelerate in a more modern fashion...but would
> it be a "better" 30's car?
>
> The decision is certainly yours, but I'd encourage you to appreciate
> the gear for what it is, and perhaps scratch build some solid state
> gear, of your own..... I think in the long run you'd be happier (and
> more successful!)
>
> Respectfully,
> /John
>
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