RE: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Rich Carter
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K Allen Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control I recently acquired TR-7 SN 3173, my first. Is it normal for the AF control to provide enough volume to still hear easily when full

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Robert C.Abell
Hi Ken, Yes, mine does it too but not really very loud. I have SN 5586. 73, Bob VE3XM - Original Message - From: K Allen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 3:55 PM Subject: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control I recently acquired TR-7 SN 3173, my first

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Dieter Horst
Dieter Horst [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hello Ken, I am afraid, it is normal. Reason is that when audio is completely muted, the radio is off because the on/off switch is activated by then...

[drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread K Allen
I recently acquired TR-7 SN 3173, my first. Is it normal for the AF control to provide enough volume to still hear easily when full counter-clockwise or is the pot changing value with age? Only way I have of cutting audio volume down lower is by use of RF control. Doesn't bother me but I

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread k9sqg
This is a known characteristic of this radio. -Original Message- From: K Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 3:55 pm Subject: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control I recently acquired TR-7 SN 3173, my first.? Is it normal for the AF control to provide enough

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Ken - This is normal for the TR-7. It's why most gear has the On-Off switch on some control OTHER than the AF Gain! The real problem is that the

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Joe Pyles
The real reason the audio doesn't go all the way down has nothing to do with the switch. When the control is all the way down but the switch is not off, the wiper is perfectly aligned with the contact on the carbon. What causes it to still pass audio is the contact on the wafer has about a

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Gary Poland
Gary Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Ken, The low audio with the AF gain fully CCW is normal. It has to do with the make up of the controls that Drake used. I believe that Drake began hand

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:26:26 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote: Pots that are _designed_ with a switch have a dead space at the bottom of the rotation that is

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread David Chris Drake
problem. Otherwise I'd have to make a choice !! Just kiddingnot really,.well...maybe?? David Wd9cmd - Original Message - From: Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control Jim Shorney

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread ron
ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Ah bees listening (reading) this heah thread and have come to one conclusion about Drake ownahs if it's bee choice between your love and your uddah love,

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Gary - Yeah, the explanation that I posted earlier is what Bill told me, and it made sense. He even referred me to a manufacturer that specified the

Re: [drakelist] TR-7 AF control

2008-02-18 Thread Joe Pyles
Don't take my word for it, take one apart yourself. Edwin Joe Pyles KC9LAD. At 09:46 PM 2/18/2008, you wrote: Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Gary - Yeah, the explanation that I