Re: [drakelist] Metal Varnish Question

2008-07-07 Thread George Cortez Jr
George Cortez Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- wmacleod wrote: Hi Drakelist The alloy chassis used in the Drake C Line series appear to have been dipped or sprayed with a light yellow-gold

Re: [drakelist] Taming the shrew

2008-07-07 Thread k9sqg
Dirty switch contacts for the 40 m position? -Original Message- From: Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: drakelist@zerobeat.net drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:58 pm Subject: [drakelist] Taming the shrew Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist

Re: [drakelist] Metal Varnish Question

2008-07-07 Thread EP Swynar
EP Swynar [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Guys, TESTORS paint company sells small spray cans of translucent / semi-clear paint, too...I bought two for a different project here years ago (mine are

Re: [drakelist] Metal Varnish Question

2008-07-07 Thread Duane Calvin
Most likely, it was clear when applied new by Drake, but has yellowed with age. 73, Duane At 07:43 AM 7/7/2008, you wrote: EP Swynar [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Guys, TESTORS

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-07 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Eddy - Yes, this was only in the T-4X. Later models added a switch contact to short the key line in SSB so the key could be left plugged in. 73, Garey

[drakelist] 12 Volt PS7 Power Supply Questions

2008-07-07 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hello all, hope you have been having good RF with your Drakes. Question, on the Drake PS7, what are transistors 2n3566, 2n4402 and SCR 2n5060 for? They

RE: [drakelist] Metal Varnish Question

2008-07-07 Thread wmacleod
Thank-you for the advice guys! I suspect the coating is either a yellowed varnish or gold anodized plating. If I find something that's a good match I will let you know. 73 Wade _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duane Calvin Sent: July 7, 2008 10:25 AM

Re: [drakelist] Taming the shrew

2008-07-07 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:17:53 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dirty switch contacts for the 40 m position? Thanks, Evan. I don't beleive that to be the