Wow, would love to play with an old Globe Chief, or Scout, I'm so nostalgic, 
makes me sick. :) The memories, and the Harvey Wells xmtr, my Elmer had one 
of those and what a chirpy radio, but one of those things about certain rigs 
you could identify them by the sound on cw. :) Personality, that is what 
those rigs had! I remember, didn't the Heath rigs have a panel you had to 
remove to change crystals in it?
Then, remember the Heath Twoer and Sixer? Lunch boxes?

Curtis Delzer
W B 6 H E F
Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reeva Parry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear


Steve,

I had a DX-40, also, when I got rid of the Globechief Deluxe. I got a
VF1 for it as a present from the guy who owned Universal Service
Radio. I know it chirped, but it never drifted, at least not on mine.
I had the National NC-101-X for a receiver and used that receiver
until 1971. I finally got a tuning aid in 1970. Haw!

Reeva Parry, K8DMU.

Legend has it that on Sunday 12/2/2007 08:44 AM, Steve Dresser said:

>Any of you guys remember the Heath AR2?  That receiver, and a DX40 was my
>novice station in 1961.  I used a Heath Q multiplier, which improved the
>selectivity of the receiver, but the AR2 drifted like crazy.  I have to 
>say,
>though, that the DX40 was a nice little CW transmitter as long as you used
>it crystal controlled.  I eventually got a VF-1 for it, but never got the
>chance to use it on the air.  That VFO was more unstable than the AR2.
>
>Steve