Heathkit DX-60: Part #1

A new project! Ever since I did that restoration on that Heathkit HW-101, I've been itching for another challenging Amateur radio rig project. And I think I found it here with this Heathkit DX-60 hamfest find.
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[@8thman8]

Great video! I love to see the old equipment I used to see when I was young. I use to look at the heathkit catalogue for hours just dreaming of when I could buy one. Keep up the great work.

[@xlerb2286]

Oh no, I stumbled across a Heathkit related video. There goes a week of my time because one is never enough ;) I don't think I've ever been as happy about anything electronics related as when the UPS truck pulled into the driveway and I knew they had a package from Heathkit for me.

[@lifegettingintheway2710]

I couldn't afford one of these when I was in High School so settled for a less expensive HX-11. I still have it 61 years after building it. When I got my general license I added a home-brew screen grid modulator to it, and later a VFO. I helped buid the DX-60 for our school ham club, and also the Heathkit analog computer. I had been using a surplus ARC-5 aircraft transmitter on 40 meters prior to that.

[@jimgiordano8218]

I always wanted the DX-60 to go with my HR-10b that I built in 1975

[@Jimbo10250]

Looking forward to this project. I built and used one of these as a novice and it never failed me. Who knows how many contacts I made with it. Thanks for doing it.

[@dandypoint]

The DX 60 was my first transmitter as a Novice in 1961. I built it new from a kit at age 14. My mother let me use the kitchen table and we ate off TV trays for several days! I also built the HG-10 about a year later after I got my General Class license. I wish I had kept it but I sold it to get a new Viking Ranger II which I did keep all these years. It’s in like new condition and I suspect if I had kept it my DX 60 would be also!

[@jasonatkin6787]

But it looked so innocent from the front panel! Any time you buy an old boat anchor, you have to assume it's going to look like this inside unless the seller can prove otherwise. Looking forward to the next video!

[@KA9DSL]

I modified my DX-60, I added a circuit to put the final tube in a constant current mode to keep the plate ratings normal. Works well knowing you'll never over heat the final amp. Very simple circuit.

[@mikefinn2101]

I hope you get it working like new I know you can do it, and it would be a great xmitter once you get it new