DX-35

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

My first transmitter was a DX-35. 

Bought it in 1956 just after getting my Novice ticket, and 
after working all summer long as a water-boy and general 
factotum for my step-father's construction company. 

Cost me $85.00, which was a lot of money for me then.

Lost the power transformer a little over a year later, then a 
second one about a year after that. Then the meter took a 
hike, so replaced that with a new Simpson.

The problem was that I never turned it off. Never turned my 
receiver off either, but that (an RAL-7) ran for more than 6 
years without attention. Good old Navy gear. 

Replaced the second burnt-out Heathkit transformer with 
one torn out of a console TV set. Used silicon diodes, and 
that "Economy Power Supply" setup.

Also got rid of that silly series B+ connection between the 
oscillator and buffer stages.

I used that rig for many years afterwards, and worked a lot 
of DX and did a bunch of traffic handling.

I got a derelict VF-1 and "re-kitted" it, modified it for "shift-
pot" FSK and used the combo to drive a modified BC-610 
for a full KW RTTY.

I have two DX-35s now, both still have their original power 
transformers. One works well, and the other one needs 
restoration. Neither one looks all that good, but I like them.

Used the working one and a VF-1, with an HQ-110 in the 
last Classic Exchange. Great fun.

Ken Gordon W7EKB

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