Just did the alignment on R-4B 15533B - sounds great! I re-capped this one using the Hayseed Hamfest Re-cap Kit; everything fit as it should and looks great.
This one got a bath and sauna, then re-lube, all tubes checked and an alignment. The trimmers for 80m were set to tightest, so re-doing the rf peaking with the slugs level and at the right frequency resolved that issue. There were no other parts to replace on this one and it's a late-enough production that it has all G10 boards in it, so it should outlast me! Amazingly, when teamed up with my T-4XB (also a B-suffix: see, I DO get lucky sometimes!) the transceive alignment was nearly dead-on. C61 required less than 1/4 turn and that was more to prove to myself that it was right on the money from the git-go. The only fly in the ointment with this one was the large rust spot to the right of the PTO in the front corner. This I sanded to remove as much rust as possible and tried something new: Testor's copper-colored model paint. It's a very close match but, of course, the reflectivity is very different from the copper plating. Still, it does look a lot better than the rust spot, and the paint should keep it from rusting any further. I hope to remember to check into the net on Sunday with this new combo. Now to tear into that heavily-modified "B". That one will go up for sale once I'm done with it. Enjoy Those Drakes... Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Plato Do be do be do. - Sinatra All my computers have my signature with various pearls of wisdom appended thereto.
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