Good lord what have I done? I am supposed to be taking stuff out of the house not bringing more back in. For the past few years I have been looking for a Heathkit DX-60b transmitter and an HR-10 receiver as parts donors or to simply replace my existing DX-60b/HR-10 combination that I used to use on air on the amateur radio bands when I was feeling a bit nostalgic for the old AM mode of transmission. My old DX-60b transmitter has many mods to make it both actually useful as well as much better sounding than stock. The function switch literally exploded one day when the 600 volts it was switching decided it wanted to go somewhere other than where the switch wanted it too. This resulted in several modifications to the unit to make it actually function again. I always got very good audio reports with it even on a net that included some tough critics left over from the days when broadcasters actually employed techs that knew their shit and took pride in their work. The old HR-10 receiver never really worked. .......it had several undocumented mods done to it including some IF and AF filters which were removed but the receiver just never really worked. I used a Kenwood R-1000 receiver along with the DX-60b transmitter. The pile consists of THREE DX-60b transmitters, one HR-10 receiver which supposedly works fine, THREE HG-10 vfos, an Electrovoice 757 microphone and a few other things thrown in. Might fire them up tomorrow to check them out and then set eyes on the best units and go from there. I'll need to make some changes to the audio section of the transmitter to make it sound as good as my original unit unless I decide to use parts to rebuild it. One job is just as daunting as the other so I guess it depends on which unit looks better. Now I should consider building a smallish amplifier of a few hundred watts to go along with this. Although 12 watts of carrier has gotten me into some pretty far off places on AM a carrier of at least 100 watts would be MUCH better. I got everything in the pictures for $250. I didn't even argue the price considering what I see some of this going for and what they want for shipping. This was local to me. My existing DX-60b, HG-10, and HR-10 are out of frame in a separate cabinet. And to think that people were wondering what I would do to occupy my time once I retire in another 12-17 months. LOL
