"Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)" wrote in message
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A neighbor gave me a Heath DX-40 transmitter and VF-1 VFO that had been
sitting God knows where for God knows how long, and tonight I pulled them
up into the shack from the garage to see what if anything I could do with
them.

You can see the "Before" photos at http://www.rkt-tech.com/DX40 (at least
for the transmitter ... I haven't taken the VFO out of its case yet).

You can see that it needs a little work. :-\

(Amazingly, though, the underside doesn't look half bad...)

Having never done one of these restorations before ... where do I start?

The metal cabinets are not that bad. Any half decent paint booth at a good
autobody shop can remove the rust prime and paint in yoru favoriate gray to
match.

PATIENCE is the kep skill for restoration work. IF you don't have that --
pass these on to someone who has it.

gb

"gb" ) writes:

The metal cabinets are not that bad. Any half decent paint booth at a good
autobody shop can remove the rust prime and paint in yoru favoriate gray to
match.

PATIENCE is the kep skill for restoration work. IF you don't have that --
pass these on to someone who has it.

I always liked the restoration project described in QST some years back
(I gues more than "some" at this point). He basically stripped the
transmitter down, I think it had started out as a kit, fixed up
the chassis (and had it commercially plated) and then started building.
I seem to recall he used quite a few new parts, like all the resistors
and capacitors, perhaps event the tube sockets.

He probably did end up with a more reliable rig, though I'm not
sure how it gets classifed.

Michael VE2BVW

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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"gb" ) writes:

The metal cabinets are not that bad. Any half decent paint booth at a
good
autobody shop can remove the rust prime and paint in yoru favoriate gray
to
match.

PATIENCE is the kep skill for restoration work. IF you don't have
that --
pass these on to someone who has it.

I always liked the restoration project described in QST some years back
(I gues more than "some" at this point). He basically stripped the
transmitter down, I think it had started out as a kit, fixed up
the chassis (and had it commercially plated) and then started building.
I seem to recall he used quite a few new parts, like all the resistors
and capacitors, perhaps event the tube sockets.

He probably did end up with a more reliable rig, though I'm not
sure how it gets classifed.

Michael VE2BVW

The underside of this rig looked pretty damned clean to me - unless I missed
anything. The top looked (to me) like a good vacuuming was in order - maybe
some cleanser. The case - looked the worse for wear. But - as others said -
nothing not able to be done. NICE project!

"Michael Black" wrote in message
...
"gb" ) writes:

The metal cabinets are not that bad. Any half decent paint booth at a
good
autobody shop can remove the rust prime and paint in yoru favoriate gray
to
match.

PATIENCE is the kep skill for restoration work. IF you don't have
that --
pass these on to someone who has it.

I always liked the restoration project described in QST some years back
(I gues more than "some" at this point). He basically stripped the
transmitter down, I think it had started out as a kit, fixed up
the chassis (and had it commercially plated) and then started building.
I seem to recall he used quite a few new parts, like all the resistors
and capacitors, perhaps event the tube sockets.

He probably did end up with a more reliable rig, though I'm not
sure how it gets classifed.

Michael VE2BVW


Yes, that was the DX-100 rebuild project. Nice works and he even found the
wife of the original kit builder, as I remember. I kept that issue
(somehwere in my library)

gb