[Heathkit] Re: dx-60b

[Bwana Bob]

I have a DX-60A, with a clear meter. The original DX-60 had a smaller 
illuminated meter with a fancy green frame around it, like the plastic 
frame around the dial on the HG-10 VFO. According to Penson's book, this 
design gave way to a less expensive plain meter in the DX-60A. That is 
the meter that I have in mine. Some DX-60A meters had a white scale 
plate and some were yellow. The DX-60B used the meter with the dark band 
at the bottom to conceal the movement. Again, according to Penson, some 
DX-60B's were supplied with the clear meter. Probably Heathkit just used 
the clear DX-60A meter in the DX-60B until they ran out.

My DX-60A dates from Christmas 1965. My Novice license arrived in 
February 1966. My DX-60A is still operational and ready to go.  I don't 
use it much, but its nice to run when the weather gets cooler and the 
shack can use some supplemental heating. I can check into the cw traffic 
nets and it always put out a fine signal. No one seems to notice the 
difference between the DX-60A and one of my "modern" rigs.

					73,

					Bob WB2VUF

nr5a wrote:
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> 
> 
> In Dec 69 my parents got a DX-60B for me as a Christmas gift. Later 
> after I got my General I still have fond memories of working all the 
> TVsets in my area on 10m AM. hi  That transmitter had a clear meter on 
> it.  Skip forward quite a few years I just got a DX-60B off the Eplace. 
> The meter looks a lot nicer than the one I had. The bottom part of the 
> meter is black. Meter has Healthkit written on it. I've seen a few show 
> up with this meter before and figured someone just changed the meter, 
> but now I don't think so.
> 
> So when did Heathkit change the meters on the DX-60B??
> 
> Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota
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