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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Most replacement caps will not fit under the DX100 chassis.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">I have an original Heathkit one if you need a replacement.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">I also have rplacement parts for almost amything you could need for a </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Heathkit DX100 - all the transformers, choke VFO, tubes, knobs, crystals, </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">variable caps, switches, meter, front panel, a shiny chassis too (yes!)</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Just let me know what you need and we will arrange something suitable to get that </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">rig in perfect shape..</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 29 Sep 2011 at 3:38, Pigman wrote:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> First off, I built a DX-100 as a kid back in the mid 50s and have</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> always had a soft place in my heart for them. That said, I need</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> some ideas from you gents.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> A long time ago, I acquired and pretty sad looking DX-100. The</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> price was right, FREE! It is all there. The front panel looks</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> pretty nice. However, everything else goes down hill from there. </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> It is dirty, scratched cabinet and a fairly ugly copper plated</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> chassis with rust. Of course, the paper and electrolytic caps are</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> most likely bad and there are probably a bunch of out of tolerence</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> resistors in it too. I am thinking of radically restoring the</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> transmitter.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> I am thinking of taking it totally apart, have the chassis pieces re</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> plated, maybe make a new wiring harness and then build it up again</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> with many new caps and new carbon resistors as a new kit. (I'll re</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> use the temperature compensating caps and most likely the precision</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> resistors and certainly the variable caps). I'll also repaint the</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> cabinet as original or at least close to it. When finished, it</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> should look very nice.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> The one thing that really bugs me is the loading cap. As a kid, I</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> blew up that "stacked Heathkit home made multi-section loading cap"</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> in the rig. I bought a upgrade kit from Heathkit to replace it with,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> I think, 3 or 4 new transmitting mica caps which were real</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> transmitting mica caps. I think maybe Heathkit also later on sold a</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 3 section loading cap as used in the Apache to also replace this</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> "stacked" mica. Of course non of these upgrade kits are offered</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> today. So my question is, when I rebuild the DX-100, I don't want</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> to use that old 3 section Heathkit made "stacked" loading cap. I</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> know it is a poor cap to use. What do I use in it's place? Could I</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> maybe find a 3 section 365pf variable and put it in there? Will it</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> fit? I'm wondering what others have done when faced with this</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> problem. I would even consider using the fixed transmitting caps as</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> used in one of Heath's upgrade kits if I could find them. (200pf,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> 400 pf, 600 pf, and 800 pf). I just hate to think of using that</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> "stacked" home made loading cap Heath supplied with this kit. </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> I'd appreciate hearing from others on how they approached this weak</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> link in the original DX-100 transmitter.</span></font></div>
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