{"id":1377,"date":"2019-07-08T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T02:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.pratt.edu\/open-source\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T02:36:16","slug":"dds-vfo-for-the-dx-60a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"DDS VFO for the DX-60a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got this CB VFO at a hamfest for $2. Perfect case for a DDS VFO..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3239.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First thing was to gut it and save all the bits, especially the gear drive knob and the nice air variable cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3240.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3249.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that it&#8217;s empty time to pick a new display. I really like the plain LED&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3250.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3251.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to get rid of the screw post DC input terminals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3245.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I put a coaxial power jack in the top hole and a ground screw in the bottom one. Even the original legends are useful&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3254.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably will ditch the 110V input altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>these uneven tripod feet had to go&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3253.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I 3D printed a bezel for the LED&#8217;s to match the style of the original display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3262.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I reused the three original holes from the knob and added two more at opposite ends of the display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll use a rotary encoder for the knob so no gearbox needed. I&#8217;m tempted to print a phony one to keep the look..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/es.pratt.edu\/Commons\/Images\/VFO\/IMG_3266.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a bad start to this one&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got this CB VFO at a hamfest for $2. Perfect case for a DDS VFO.. First thing was to gut it and save all the bits, especially the gear drive knob and the nice air variable cap. Now that it&#8217;s empty time to pick a new display. I really like the plain LED&#8217;s I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-1377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-amateur-radio","category-arduino","tag-ham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}