"Chuck Grandgent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Well I have done the AC4R to one of my AC3s.
I am however a 95% CW guy, so how would the VOX trip ? My habit is to leave the drive down all the way when I leave the room. Chuck, K1OM On Dec 16, 2007 7:58 PM, Gary Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chuck, > Nothing you can do short of turning the equipment off would prevent the > final tubes to fully conduct if the bias went positive and the VOX trips the > relay. I have had it happen only once in the 15 years I have been using > Drake equipment and I only noticed it after I keyed my TR-6, very high > idling current. Fortunate the VOX didn't trip while I was out of the room. > Best way to prevent a problem is to, at a minimum, recap the bias supply in > the AC-4. In my case I bought just the bare PC boards from the Heath Kit > Shop and my own parts. My five AC-4's and one AC-3 have been rebuilt with > them. > > 73, Gary W8PU > http://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
