Here is something I wrote a few years ago about
the HD-3006 and some pictures:
Here is a picture of a Heath "Crossfire" in action that I have
been playing with. It is a solid state replacement for a CRT RTTY
tuning indicator.
There is not much to it, just two LM3915 logarithmic LED drivers
and a bunch of LEDs. But when I first plugged it in to my ST-6, it
didn't do anything, so I thought it was dead.
It wasn't dead, just not very sensitive. I think it may have been
designed for tube-type TUs with lots of output available on the
"Scope" connections. The other problem was that the ST-6 has a 1
Meg resistor in series with each "Scope" connection, so it gets
loaded down if you are not driving high impedance scope plates.
With the HD-3006 internal pots set for maximum, I could only get
about half the LEDs to light when driven by the ST-6.
Heath put in a diode detector to rectify the M & S tones going
into the LM3915, but it is not really needed, as there is a
detector in the LM3915. So I bypassed D21 & D22 and removed
C4 & C5. I also removed R2 & R5 (180K across the input).
With the HD-3006 internal pots at max, the ST-6 can now just
barely drive the LEDs to maximum.
When receiving ITTY off the Internet, you don't need any tuning,
so the HD-3006 isn't necessary. But when receiving off the air, it
makes tuning the radio much easier than using the ST-6 "++
Meter."
Have fun,
Duncan
K2OEQ