Don,
Same here...
I have a Ten-Tec Orion II here. I do love it. It has great RX and great
feature.
But, It is rare that anything I can hear on the OII I can not here as
well or better on the R-4C (full Sherwood)
Rob, if your listening...you did a hel of a good job on the MODS for
the Drake R-4C.
It's kind of strange...not many must know just how good it is, as I
have seem nice hight S/N full Sherwood R-4C's go way too cheap on the
action place!
Oh well, I got mine and I'm keeping it.
Rob Sherwood's guy actually did mine and also did a full alignment.
I do need to get a new digital display for it...any suggestions as to
the best one. (All digital Electronics's??)
73,
Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Jones <[email protected]>
To: drakelist <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 11:53 am
Subject: [Drakelist] My Drake/Sherwood R-4C Rules my shack!
Like some of you here, I have been working very hard to get into the
log of the DX-pedition to the South Orkney Islands. My favorite
band/mode has always been 40M CW. Last night I finally got my contact
with them. Considering I am only running 600W to a 20M double zepp from
W. WA it has been a bit of a chore.
My fully loaded “Sherwood R-4C smoked my Ten Tec OMNI 6+ (which has a
full load to TT filters and the INRAD CW roofing filter mod) last
night. On the Drake VP8ORK was only a 529 using GUF 600Hz roofing
filter and the DRAKE OEM 250Hz cw filter with no ringing filters or
white noise. One the OMNI VI+ VP8ORK was only 229 due to the receiver
white noise and the howling DSP noise. It is absolutely amazing to hear
the difference of the two receivers.
I do prefer the digital control that the “6” offers, but if you can’t
hear ‘em you ain’t going to work ‘em. A trip down to Fry’s electronics
for a 4PDT 12V relay, a 3 pos double pole rotary wafer switch, a bud
box and 6 RCA jack and 3 1/8” headphone jacks is on the agenda next so
I have TR switching for the R-4C, then it is good to go for the TJ8
DX-pedition coming up next.
God I Love that Sherwood R-4C.
Don Jones KO7i
Arlington, WA
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