[Boatanchors] Solid state VFO - DX100?

[StephenTetorka at cs.com]

Welllll let me explain.

Way back in 1965, I operated my first DX100.
On fone I'd be talking...then..like gurgle-gurgle-bloop-bloop etc..my VFO would take off and wonder around the RF spectrum.

Sometimes it's go for only a few minutes..sometimes I'd have to shut down.

All the local guys knew what was going on...and they'd just wait for me to come back on frequency...which I did...then after a few minutes...gurgle-gurgle etc.

Never attempted to fix it since when I wasn't on the rig...I'd be Cruisin for chicks ( I was 16 then ).

At age 19, I was crusin Vietnam...and let my license expire.
Now 40 years later - I'm back in to ham radio...and even got my old call sign back via the Vanity program!

Picked up a DX100 this past winter...COMPLETELY dismantled it...powder coated all the metal...with the case being Fire Engine Red & 'Chrome'...and completely re-wired it...including making a new harness, of course.

Have to get the front panel worked on by a professional sign shop to get my design done right.

At this moment, I doing the final adjustments.
The VFO - for what little time I've had it on...works.

However, when I 'rap' on the front panel - the frequency jumps...no surprise really.

BUT...just like the muscle cars we 'stylized'...I'm stylizing my DX100...and applying a little creative restoration into/onto it.

Thus...my interest in a SSVFO...for my DX100 "ala GTO".

Please excuse the lengthy reply....but I'm really into this thing....esp. since I'm not crusin for chicks anymore.

Warm regards,
Steve Tetorka
WA2TAK



fkamp at comcast.net wrote:

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>StephenTetorka at cs.com wrote:
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>> Hello All:
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>> Thinking about putting a solid state VFO into my DX100.
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>> Anyone have a schematic...comments etc.
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>Doesn't the DX-100 have a decent built-in tube VFO?
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>Regards,
>Frank Kamp
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