Hello
Merry Christmas as well. I too own the twins r4b t4xb and they work just
as well now as they did new . Great rigs to use on 160 I use them their
the most ... Hope you get to use you pair just as much..
Best 73 .
Ted n3zrx
EP Swynar wrote:
Good Morning All,
Well, I spent the better part of the day yesterday retrieving a set of
Drake Twins from a fellow Ham living some 2+ hours away from me (one
way!)...was the drive worth the bother...?
In a word, YES!
My initial impression of the receiver (a "first generation"
all-tube R-4) is VERY positive: I love the passband tuning feature,
and that calibrated main tuning knob --- in 1-KHz markers --- is
clever, and effective. It's also a very pleasing rig to the eye, and
looks FB sitting next to its matching T-4X transmitter.
I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind, that, had I known better
back in 1983 --- when I stood "...at the crossroads" and took the
quantum technological leap from my Heathkit SB-400 & Hallicrafters
S-77A, to a brand new Yaesu FT-980 --- I would surely have shopped
around for a good used set of Twins then...
I was really racked with guilt about throwing my lot in with a
microprocessed technology that the FT-980 presented, having had the
ability of repairing anything & everything in my shack up to that
time...and, like a fool, I did not even consider the possibilities of
taking the Drake route, and instead, pondered the chances of buying a
good, used Collins S-line, instead, back then.
I ended-up passing the S-line by, because it did not incorporate
160-meters.
Well, it took some 24 years, alright, but an old wrong has been
righted at VE3CUI --- and I could not be happier with this
self-presented Christmas gift, I can assure you!
Merry Christmas to all, & my vy
~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
