[Heathkit] HG-10 -VFO power supply, DX-60B

[KHeck73 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/19/2005 11:11:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gzook at yahoo.com writes:

Actually, you don't want to run any
external VFO from the internal  power supply of any of
the old "boat anchor" rigs.  The voltage is  just too
unstable between key up and key down.


..
I recently obtained a HG-10B to use with my old DX-60B (which hasn't  been 
fired up in 30 years). I always wanted to try it with a VFO instead  of my 3 
crystals! Would it help to replace the filter caps in the DX-60B  with a larger 
capacitance value to help stabilize voltage to the VFO?
 
Also, this DX-60B has an electronic T-R switch modification in  it. This 
involves an added tube, and was described in a QST article. I  could never really 
use the T-R switch, though, because the transmitter signal  still got through 
to the receiver so strong it was scary. Anybody familiar with  this 
modification?
 
-Karl.