As much as I wanted to play around with this some more, I decided to go with
what I could find locally at RS. They didn't have any closed-circuit stereo
jacks, but did have the mono version, so I bought them. I'll probably put
in the headphone wiring tomorrow - wiring up both the front and side - thus
giving a choice but - more importantly - hiding an ugly hole in the panel
without calling attention to it with a plug. The two jacks will be in
series, so you can only use one at a time. The goal is to have it look as
close to normal as possible, knowing that I can't get a replacement panel
(this receiver probably wouldn't have been worth the $50-60 that those
panels were going for, anyway).
The receiver is working very nicely and I'm well pleased with how it came
out: certainly not a collector piece, but a decent-looking workhorse.
73 & 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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From: "Pete Juliano" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:26 AM
To: "Steve Wedge" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Drake List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] The de-modded R-4B Lives!
Hi Steve,
In case your local Rad Shack doesn't have the item. All Electronics
www.allelectronics.com list the following item
P/N SPHJ-S which is the 3 conductor stereo w/N.C. Switches which I assume
is what you need so that without the phones plugged in the speaker is
connected. The price is $0.75 in single lots --or at least that is what
the catalog I have says
They also list an item as a 3/16 inch jack which is identified as a
Switchcraft Hi-D jack 11J3.795.954/68 an enclosed jack for a 0.206
diameter phone plug. Don't know if this is a stereo type but might be a
replacement for those radios where the PO ripped out the Collins/Drake
jacks and installed a 1/4 inch stereo jack. The P/N is PHJ-10 and the
price is an unbelievable $1.
I have no affiliation with this company but have been a satisfied
customer.
YMMV
73's
Pete N6QW
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From: "Steve Wedge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:51 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Drake List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] The de-modded R-4B Lives!
I've considered that, Garey, and I certainly wouldn't put one on a
hole-less example. I'm judging that a functional item in that spot will
look better than a black plug. The PO also tore up the area immediately
around the hole, and the washer used with many headphone jacks will also
conceal those scratches. RF GAIN and AGC are fairly infrequently used
controls (by me, anyway), comapared with AF GAIN, BAND and the PBT
controls.
I'll be stopping at RS on my way home to see if I can score some shorting
sockets.
73,
Steve, W1ES/4
-----Original Message-----
From: Garey Barrell <[email protected]>
Sent: Nov 6, 2011 11:10 PM
To: Steve Wedge <[email protected]>
Cc: Drake List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] The de-modded R-4B Lives!
Steve -
Congratulations! Sounds good.
However ... (There's always a 'however')
If you use phones often, I think you'll find the plug to be a real PITA,
sticking way out in front of the knobs. Same for the MIC plug on the
T-4X. Based on my own experience, and the multitude of relayed gripes,
I'm guessing that's why they were omitted in the B!!!
--
73, Garey - K4OAH
St Charles, IL
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Steve Wedge wrote:
I put a stereo headphone jack where that pot used to be, but I'm going
to have to take it back out and re-do it (I haven't wired to it yet)
as I've discovered that it's not a shorting jack (so it wouldn't
disable the speaker if phones were plugged in - a bad thing). Of
course this means removing the front panel yet again (but I'm getting
good at it and can get it off and on in 15 minutes now!). The
headphone jack looks okay on the front: after all, the B-Line was the
only one not to have one there, so it's sort of like seeing a '34 hood
ornament on a '36 Ford - most people wouldn't notice it. It
definitely looks better than that extra control that was out of line
with the other four in that row!
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