DX100 Mate-The definitive answer!

[Rinkie & Ron Pollack]

I've been following this thread with interest!  How do we know what people
used with the DX100 in the 50s?

Here's a glimpse into the past as it really was!  In the 50s, in the ARRL
Sweepstakes results reported in QST, along with the list of the winners from
each section (there were 73 then), was a table showing the rigs used.  (They
were "rigs" then, not "radios.")

Let's go back 50 years, to the 1957 Sweepstakes.  The results are
interesting.

In the phone contest, 19 of the 73 sections were won by stations using the
DX100, the most common of the winning transmitters!  (Close second was Home
Brew, with 17, showing how things have changed!)

What receivers were used with these '100s?

3 used HQ140X
2 each 75A4, NC183D, SX100, SX28
1 each SX42, NC98, NC300, Super Pro, S76, SX99, NC88, HQ129X

In the CW section (and SS was mostly CW at that time,) 8 DX100s were
winners.

Receviers used:

1 Each HQ140X, Super Pro, HQ129X, RME 4350, SX24, 75A4, HRO7, AR88

The most common transmitter in the cw?  Overwhelmingly Home Brew, with 33
winners building their own.  Viking I and II models produced 13 winners.
Note that there were none of these that won both CW and Phone (I believe
that you could enter one or the other, but not both, since they were the
same time, but not sure.)

In conclusion, Jim, you have a wide choice of receivers to mate with the
DX100 and duplicate the "big guns" of 1957.

Hope someone finds this as interesting as I did!

Ron K2RP  (Still DX100-less, but hope to rectify some time!)

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of James Cundiff
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 1:29 PM
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: [HEATH-TEMPE] DX-100 mate


Hey All,
    Could someone please tell me what the mate receiver was for the
DX-100? I know that anything could be used but what was Heathkit's
'ideal' or advertised receiver suggested to go with this transmitter? I
am in the early stages of planning an AM station using the DX-100 and
the purist in me wants it to be right. Thank you in advance.

In His service,
Jim Cundiff KB3GFC

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