CONVERSION OF HG-10, DX-60B

[Greg Swynar]

"...TO COBBLE, OR TO CUDDLE---THAT IS THE QUESTION!"...

My 2 cents sez RESTORE the DX-60 to its original "stock" glory, & HOMEBREW
from SCRATCH a 100% solid state rig! To do otherwise is like dropping a 455
ci.d. engine with a Muncie M22 transmission into a 1932 Chevy---and calling
the result "...vintage". Nope, it just don't work...not for my 2 coppers,
anyway...

73, de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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> From: Brian Carling <bry at mnsinc.com>
> To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Re: CONVERSION OF HG-10, DX-60B
> Date: September 5, 1998 11:21 AM
>
> <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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