DX-100 Mate

[Don Melcher]

Yes - I like (and own) both twins and classic mixes - but in the day of the
DX100 the only "twins" that come to mind were Collins and Hallicrafters (and
it was in a lot of cases hard to call some Hallicrafters twins it was after
the HT37/SX101 that they were truly "twins") - all the others were in the
future, pretty much post 1960. Of course I am sure there were others - but
after all - I was only 8 years old when I saw my first S-line at the dealer.

It seems to me that very few other companies of that era made both - they
either built receivers or transmitters. I had a Johnson Ranger and Desk
Kilowatt & KW Matchbox for a while (talk about things you wish you never
sold!) and in the paperwork that came with it was a 1956 E.F. Johnson
catalog showing the same equipment with a HRO-60 receiver - I had one of
those with it too - in fact - I had the EXACT station pictured down to the
chair and microphone (bang head on desk).

Plus - kitting a successful, complex animal such as a ham band receiver was
a challenge, especially considering the average ham didn't have the
necessary test gear for alignment once it was done. The only reason the RX-1
Mohawk worked at all was the factory assembled, pre-aligned, front end
assembly. 

Don
W6CZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List [mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]
On Behalf Of Kent Kressenberg
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:49 AM
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: [HEATH-TEMPE] DX-100 Mate

Well, I for one have always liked the "twins" radios... Drake, Yaesu, 
Kenwood, even Heath with the SB-series transmitter and receiver...
My shack contains a duke's mix of older radios... primarily "boat-anchors" 
and yet I also wouldn't hesitate to add a MATCHING set if the chance 
arose...
The Lord made us all different... and I THANK him for the difference. 
Wouldn't it be a dull, boring world if we all thought alike and liked the 
same things??

73 de WB4SYU,

Kent
Chattanooga, TN.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DavidGriffin" <davidgriffin at CISBEC.NET>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: DX-100 Mate


>I used my NC 173 with my old DX 100 before giving the latter away a year or

>so ago.  I now use the 173 with my "new" B&W 5100, as well as other rigs. 
>From 1968 to 1974 when I considered my DX 100 "new to me,"  I used it with 
>a NC 125.
> There are no "look-a-like"  receivers for  the DX-100 and...guess 
> what....there wasn't supposed to be.  A matched set is something people 
> might want in furniture.  I never have.
> Dave
> Dave
>

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