The DX-160 Radio is an excellent candidate for a Do It Yourself capacitor upgrade. It is uncluttered, well organized, easy to work on and with the service manual, well documented. This radio was built from 1975-1980 so every example is over 30 years old.
If you are looking at this sale, you likely realize that most sources consider 30 years to be the outside life expectancy for Electrolytic capacitors.The Electrolytic capacitors in older radio equipment deteriorate with age. This includes changing values and increased electrical leakage along with outright failure such as opening up or shorts, many times these failures are cummulativeand result in the gradual loss of performance.This upgrade will improve the function and reliability of these fine radios and extend their useful Life. Faulty capacitors are the cause of a significant amount of problems with electronic equipment and I have repaired hundreds of units in which the only fault was one or 2 defective Electrolytic capacitors but replacing all out of spec capacitors is recommended as Electrolytics have an engineered shelf life. This often restores the equipment to like new performance and failure to replace them can result in failure/stress to other components such as transistors and diodes, many of which are hard to locate replacement units. Recapping is a good investment andanimmensely satisfying project. Work slow, have fun and prepare to be impressed with your work.
I only sell capacitor replacement sets, repair kits, accessoriesand informationforEquipment That I Own and/or Service, and have done the replacements myself. Thisincludes Vintage Realistic DX Receivers &CB Radios, Kenwood/Icom/Yaesu HF Tranceivers/Receivers, Micronta VOM\'s &Heathkit VTVM\'s. I have been repairing and racapping this equipment for about20 years and often had difficulty finding the necessary values of capacitors.
The service manual for this radio is generally available online at no charge, I can email you a link upon request if you are having difficulty locating one.
This is the Deluxe version of the Kit and includes:
1) A complete set of replacement electrolytic capacitors consisting of:
Early Model: prior to SN418411
(1)1uF 50v C30
(2)4.7uF 16v C58,62
(2)10uF 16v C26,63
(1)22uF 16v C67
(2)33uF 16v C29,60
(6)47uF 16v C23,33,48,55,61,76
(2)100uF 16v C65,66
(1)220uF 16v C28
(3)470uF 16v C71,72,73
Early Kit = (20 Capacitors)
There is a newer model of DX-160 (after SN#418411) that is not as well documented and the capacitor complement is not exactlythe same it uses most of the same value capacitors provided in the early kit as well as a 1uF, a 3.3uF and 100uF not detailed above - this kit now includes those extra capacitors in case you have a \"Late Model DX-160\"
LateModel: after to SN418411
(2)1uF 50v C30,C54
(1) 3.3uF 50v C57
(1)4.7uF 50v C60
(2)10uF 16v C26,C65
(2)33uF 16v C29,C56
(4)47uF 16v C23,C33,C48,C76
(3)100uF 16v C59,C61,C63
(1)220uF 16v C28
(3)470uF 16v C71,C72,C73
(Note: voltages are minimums, higher values may be supplied)
Late Kit =(19 total capacitors)
The kit includes a total of 24 capacitors and will work with either Radio.
2) (1)2SK19 Transistor. This is areplacement for Q1,Q3,Q4 & Q8
3) (1)2SC372 Transistor.This is areplacement forQ5 & Q6
4) (3) 2SC373 Transistors.Replacements for Q2,Q7 & Q10
Even if you do not need to replace these transistors, these are obsolete transistors which are becoming difficult to find, having them on-hand is good insurance.
5) The Capacitor Inventory Sheet as pictured in the photo with the capacitors (2 Sided print with Inventories for both versions of radio)
This kit ships quickly in a padded envelope, free shipping to US
73\'s
KK4HXJ
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