On 01/08/2014 05:33 PM, Keith Jillings (G3OIT) wrote:
In my (very distant) youth I came by a DX-100 that had been built from
kit by a local, who could never get it to work. I spent a few
interesting weekends studying the circuit and the construction, and
then set to with a hot soldering iron and got it working. I used it
as my one and only TX for a fair few years, modifying it to do this
and that as I went along.
Mine was fed from 230 volt mains, and as I recall the HV was in the
region of 900 volts off-load, sagging quite a bit on-load. I never
worried about it, and the PA valves remained happy throughout. The
electrolytics didn't go bang either, but they were very much younger
in those days.
I eventually sold it to a local dealer and put my pocket money to it
to buy an FT101E which I still have and use with my VHF and UHF
transverters.
73
Keith
G3OIT
Hi Keith,
This one has been modified (mostly gutted of AM). Somebody else asked if
it was a kit. The first name is Heath and the last name is Kit. They are
all kits as far as I know. It has a lot of miles, years, and previous
owners. If they were available already assembled I have no real way to
know. My Johnson Ranger was one of the kits, too but was available
assembled by the factory. They used rivets. We used screws and nuts.
If I have to make changes to get it going I'll install a screened cage
around the finals and *real* neutralization. Full QSK break-in,
heterodyne VFO, etc. First I'll try to make the CW part of the rig that
remains work.
73,
Bill KU8H
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