[Drakelist] Help wirk Drake TR7 faults

2015-02-14 Thread John Bennett
Hello to the Group. Seeking help with my TR7, bought new in 1979. The Drake TR7 is quite uncommon in Australia; info hard to find Problem 1. Tuning: Each division movement of the main dial moves the digital display 1,8kHz up or down and the same on TX /RX. The Digital Display counter has

Re: [Drakelist] Help wirk Drake TR7 faults

2015-02-14 Thread Jim Shorney
Hi John, On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:12:22 +1100, John Bennett wrote: Problem 1. Tuning: Each division movement of the main dial moves the digital display 1,8kHz up or down and the same on TX /RX. The Digital Display counter has been checked against a laboratory standard and is perfectly accurate.

Re: [Drakelist] Help wirk Drake TR7 faults

2015-02-14 Thread Gary Poland
John, I rarely pay much attention to the analog dial, but more then likely the piece of surgical tubing behind the dial skirt has dried up and shrank and will need replaced. The frequency display being erratic and counting up on the 15 and 10 meter bands is probably due to the 24 vdc