I just unboxed my old C line that I have had in storage for a long time.
Both units the transmitter and receiver worked when I turned them on. The
receiver to my surprise seems to be more sensitive and selective than my TR7
that I have been using. To those of you who have had more experience with
these units than me, I would like to ask a few general questions. The output
of the transmitter appears to be low, when I sent the units back to RL Drake
back in the late 80's for general maintenance the comments on the
transmitter, RL Drake noted the output was 180 watts in the tune position.
This seems really high! The transmitter as far as I can remember is only 240
or 200 watts input PEP? They also claimed in the tune position to get 400
milliamps read on the meter? Any comments or suggestions from the
experienced operators what I get now is about 75 watts in the tune position,
with 300 milliamps on 40 meters in a RL Drake dummy load. The bias appears
to be set right according to the instructions in the manual. I would suspect
very much that the AC4 power supply needs to be rebuilt, as far as I know it
is still original
Any comments or suggestions from you would be appreciated!
I would like to know how to contact the Heathkit shop for the rebuild kits.
Unless other suggestions!
Thank you in advance
Mike KA8ASN
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