[Boatanchors] For Sale: DCS-500 Receiver

[Whitebear1122]

Selling a home-brew DCS-500 receiver from the early to mid 60’s ARRL Handbook. The 1963 handbook says “The receiver shown … was designed to meet a need for a better than average ham receiver requiring a minimum of mechanical work and using standard and easily obtainable parts.  It incorporates such features as a 100 Kc calibrator, provision for reception on all ham bands from 80 through 10 meters, adequate selectivity for todays crowded bands, and stability high enough for copying s.s.b signals.  Dubbed the DCS-500 because of its 500 cycle selectivity in the sharpest i.f. position, it is a double conversion superhetrodyne receiver capable of giving good results on either a.m, c.w., s.s.b.

The front panel is 0.125” thick steel, 19” wide by 12 1/4” tall.  The chassis is 2” tall by 11” deep by 17” wide.  Weight is approximately 23 pounds before packing.  This receiver is built like a tank.  It uses a National vernier dial plus all National knobs.  The meter is Lafayette.  There are no tubes with it.  It looks like it might have been complete at one time but looks like parts are missing, a lot of unterminated wires, no longer wired switches, etc.. I would consider this a “parts unit” and fabulous for having the difficult to impossible to find Miller IF transformers, variable capacitors, power transformers.  It will come with three sets of coils for 75 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters!!!!!  The 9 coil forms are the clear plastic forms typically used in the 1960’s.  The coils are “unobtainium” anywhere else.

I have put photos of the DCS-500 up on photo bucket.com here:    http://s1140.photobucket.com/user/651daisy/library/DCS500 Superhetrodyne Receiver <http://s1140.photobucket.com/user/651daisy/library/DCS500%20Superhetrodyne%20Receiver>

I don’t know anything what-so-ever about this homemade receiver.  It is sold as-is.  Asking $125 or best offer.

Local pick up is fine, Saint Paul MN.  I don’t want to box this transmitter up but I will happily take it to a shipper of your choice and you can arrange to have them box and ship.  I have used The UPS Store in downtown White Bear Lake MN to successfully box and ship a Hammarlund HQ-180, Hammarlund HQ-180AC, National NC-173, Hammarlund HQ-129, Heathkit Mohawk, Heathkit Marauder, 1936 Gross CP100 transmitter, National NC-101X, etc… They have done a good job for me.  
Address: 4707 US-61, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Phone:(651) 407-1280 <>


73, Scott WA9WFA