Heathkit DX-60 First Edition

Restoration

I picked this DX-60 up from a fellow ham back east. It had a broken Function and the ceramic band switch wafer. The Function switch was broken in half which I was able to repair. The ceramic band switch wafer, however, was broken in too many pieces to fix.

The original ceramic band switch wafer is a 5 position progressive shorting wafer switch with an N.O. separate switch.

To fix this problem I built a replacement ceramic band switch out of 2 separate spare wafer switches. The front section is the 5-position progressive shorting switch while the rear section uses a single N.O. switch to allow the fixed capacitor to be added to the PI Network for 80 meters but remove the fixed capacitor for 40 thru 10 meters. The switch was assembled and mounted in the chassis. The switches were connected to the PI Network and tests were made to ensure the switches were working properly. The Function switch was repaired but was put in the spare parts bin. A fully functioning good DX-60 Function switch was installed and tested.

The power supply was rebuilt with new capacitors from hayseedhamfest.com. The transmitter was powered up and tested on the air. The transmitter works great on all bands.