"Howard Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Garey, someone here has already helped me get the R-4A hooked up as a second receiver although I couldn't get it to mute. I'll try that again. And then, is there a way to "spot" the frequency or do I just turn down the drive, unmute the rcvr and tune it in?
Thanks again. 73, de Howard, WA9RYF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garey Barrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [drakelist] R-4A vs R-4C : : Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Howard - : : The crystal filters were FAR more expensive than the L-C filter bank in : the Passband Tuner, and so were made optional in the interest of price : point. A large percentage of the R-4C's sold had a 500 Hz filter : purchased at the time, but it was a different time....... : : While all of the 4 Series Twins will mix and match in transceive, the TR : Series uses a different IF and is NOT able to transceive with any other : series. There was an RV-4(C) external VFO, speaker and power supply : cabinet that was popular before the RIT version of the TR-4 came out. : You CAN however connect any of the R-4 Series receivers as a "second" : receiver to the TR-4(C), which has antenna switching and muting : provisions for it. : : The TR-3/4 was originally offered as a mobile transceiver, which at the : time was the primary reason anyone bought a transceiver instead of the : twins. Again, most mobile operation was SSB and so CW was included : "just because". The TR-4 was a terrific mobile transceiver for it's : day, but transceivers were never really intended for CW operation, and : were really inferior until at least RIT became available. : : 73, Garey - K4OAH : Glen Allen, VA : : Drake 2-B, 4-B & C-Line Service Supplement CDs : <www.k4oah.com> : : : : Howard Traxler wrote: : > "Howard Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : > Thanks Garey, I read that when you first posted it; but I guess I didn't : > understand it, the part about the filters anyway. Guess I'll put the R-4C : > back on the bench and do some listening. Is there a way to make it (or the : > R-4A tranceive with the TR-4? I don't know which model of the tR-4 I have : > but it works just fine except the receiver is too wide for me on SSB and too : > narrow on AM. : > : > Thanks again. : > : > 73, de Howard, WA9RYF : > : > : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body : Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message : Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Free Edition. : Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.11/1161 - Release Date: 11/30/2007 12:12 PM : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
