[ARC5] Heath GDO People

[JAMES FALLS]

The Crystal Set Society used to sell the small straight-line capacitance ones, if I recall correctly. I built several sets and wave traps with them before I became a Ham and started loitering at swap meets. 

Jim Falls K6FWT 

> On Apr 25, 2022, at 14:17, John Watkins via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
>  I also have the PRM-10, The complete coil set and a few spares.  Works great to set up antennas, and very stable.  I use an HP counter with a pickup loop for frequency control.  Also easy to use for spoting receiver freqs especially on my BC-348.
> 
> John WD5ENU
> 
> 
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> 
> On Monday, April 25, 2022, 15:28, MICHAEL ST ANGELO <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Oren Elliot made the capacitors for Heath. They are still in business.
> 
> https://www.orenelliottproducts.com/product-category/air-variable-capacitors/>
> 
> I wonder if they still stock the GDO capcitors? If so it would not be cheap.
> 
> Mike N2MS
> 
> > On 04/25/2022 2:44 PM Robert Nickels <ranickels at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >  
> > I don't use a GDO much as I have better ways to measure resonance but 
> > the Millen and Measurements are weapons of choice when I need one.  Also 
> > the Heathkit Tunnel Dipper is handy and the battery lasts forever.
> > 
> > About all I can say about the Heathkit GDO is that I have two that are 
> > undergoing "transition" on my bench.  A neighbor who flips houses gave 
> > me a bunch of stuff that came from a local ham's house, including two 
> > Heathkit GDOs, without coils, naturally. One rattled and when I opened 
> > it up about 2/3 of the rotor plates from the variable capacitor fell out 
> > so that sealed their fate. T
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