[Heathkit] meter question

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 7 Feb 2007 at 11:22, Michael Tortorella wrote:

> Greetings all: in the endless cleanup of the basement storage, I came
> across a Heath meter with 2 scales, 0-10 and 0-50.  Looks like it
> could be from a DX35 or some early transmitter like that.

Nope. DX-35 had a 0-3 mA (basic movement) Shurite POS with scales 
of 0-6 mA and 0-150 mA. When my first one crapped out (in 1957) I 
replaced it with a good Simpson 0-3 mA meter and changed the 
metering resistors accordingly.

>  It's a
> little over 2 inches square with the classic black bakelite (?) case

DX-35's meter was a metal-cased Shurite POS.

I loved my DX-35, but that meter was worthless. My original DX-35 ate 
two power transformers in three years, so I replaced THAT with a big 
TV power transformer in that "Economy Powersupply" configuration, 
and also got rid of that stupid "series string" idea for the B+ for the 
buffer and oscillator stages. After I did that, I used the DX-35 for many 
years as my main station driver for a KW amp built out of an old BC-
610-E that was non-functional when I got it. I used the DX-35 for CW 
and RTTY. The VFO was a VF-1 modified for "shift pot FSK". Sure was 
fun.

Ken Gordon W7EKB