DX-100, plus a cool QSL card idea

[Brian Wood]

Thanks to all who responded to my question about the DX-100 load cap mod. I
guess if I had bothered to read Chuck Penson's commentary I'd have known
this...

So, if you had a choice of a DX-100, DX-100A or DX-100B, assuming you could
find one in good shape, which would you buy? I'm tempted to go with the
DX-100 since it is what I used back in the days of yore. (Funny thing is, I
didn't use it all that much -- it was in the high school club station, and a
friend brought one over for me to use for a while. Must be the fact that it
made such an impression on me as a new Novice.)

I imagine that the loading cap mod would not be as critical today as it was
back then, so perhaps the thing wouldn't arc so badly when connected to a
nice 50-52 ohm load. But the old lady is hard to find in excellent shape.
And the DX-100B's improvements are probably worth having. Exact match for
sentimentality, or better performance...tough choice. If it matters, I do
plan to put it on AM and actually use it. It's not strictly for collector
use.

By the way, my 8-year old niece was visiting this week, and she really liked
playing with my keyer. I taught her the Morse alphabet, and she practiced
for quite a while, picking it up incredibly fast. She asked if there were
girl hams too, and when I said yes, she said she wanted to be a ham like
"uncle Brian". She liked the QSL cards that cover my walls. She said it
would be neat if she could get a card as soon as the contact was over. She
said radios should come with QSL card printers!  I got to thinking about it.
What a cool idea! You could hook the radio up to your computer and have it
print a QSL card. All you'd need is a burst of SSTV or something at the end
of the QSO to blast the card through. And you'd need some way to prove it
was really received, not generated by you, so the League would accept it for
awards. No more waiting for weeks and paying high postage fees. Out of the
mouths of babes...

Brian, W0DZ

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