Thank you both for the comments and the affirmation. Yes, it is indeed the Owner of the radio that determines the best for him and for his needs. I marvel at the asking price for the Sherwood R4c radios. I do not know if they get the for that cost, but for me at my time, what money I put into my radios enhanced my dedication to them, not destroyed it. I was aware of the braid issue, yet many would say if it did not have it from the factory that it was "wrong" to fix a broken radio!.
Thanks for your gentle reply. As I age I see the huge variety of answers to such a simple question that Max proposed. David Assaf, III W5XU -----Original Message----- From: Don Cunningham [mailto:d...@martineer.net] Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 7:28 PM To: David; drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] R4C Sherwood mods David, I think you will find that in any group. One group will ONLY stay stock, even going so far as to gut and "re-stuff" paper caps with new poly caps, remelting beeswax back in the ends! The other group to the other side will make it a whole new radio (look at the "reworked TR7" on WB4HFN's site for an example of that!! The braid mod you mentioned was a Drake factory fix to a problem found. There are many such things Drake put out to fix known engineering oversights. They remained in business for MANY years past the sales of the first rigs, and found need to do that for most of the line. That's just not the same thing as the full Monte Sherwood job. What most of us said to the original question was that it was up to how he intended to use the rig and what he expected to get out of it when he was finished with it. If using it "from now on", do what you want. If fixing it to use and sell in a few months, you won't get close to your investment back. Most threads get hijacked and twisted, that's one of the problems with lists. In the end, each man (or woman's) gear is theirs, and they should do what they wish with it. If you ask, you should be ready to get ALL views, not just the ones you wanted to get, hi. 73, and enjoy those Drakes, or Frankendrakes, both, Don, WB5HAK ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4719 - Release Date: 01/02/12 _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
