DX-60 Kit: Modern Equivalents

[john]

I'll second this. Perhaps "de-kit" a built one, if you want the building 
experience!





At 01:20 PM 9/11/2005, rayfri wrote:
>Ron:
>Suggestion:    DONT build it..      Sell it and take the cash.   Put most 
>of it in your retirement account (if you sell it "there" you will probably 
>get enough to fund your retirement account) and take the rest and BUY a 
>mint condition dx-60 to put on the air.
>HI HI
>
>
>Ron wrote:
>
>>paul hendershott wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Folks! I will be building (yes, and no doubt lowering the
>>>value of) a Heath DX-60 xmtr kit. I want to order all new
>>
>> > resistors and capacitors and replace them with their modern
>> > equivalents.
>>
>>Why? I would only replace bad caps and then,
>>for the same type, except for tubular paper
>>caps that can be replaced with any film caps
>>(polypropylene are the best for stability).
>>Feed through caps MUST NOT be replaced with
>>anything else. Silver mica are excellent
>>(probably the best) when the lowest impedance
>>at high frequencies is called for. Low cost
>>ceramics may be substituted with NPO or other
>>higher stability ceramic types.
>>
>>I would check electrolytics before construction.
>>If leaky, I would try to form. If unsuccessful,
>>then I would replace.
>>
>>-- Ron
>>
>>
>>>There are a few different types of caps I need help with.
>>>What should i replace the following Cap types with?
>>>
>>>Molded Mica
>>>Silver Mica
>>>Disc Ceramic
>>>feed-through
>>>tubular
>>>
>>>Thanks! 73
>>>Paul
>>
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