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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
