Re: [Drakelist] Forum

2009-12-28 Thread Luther Nallie
Thank you gentlemen for the help. I had only registered and got in there one time a few weeks ago and wasn't sure how it worked and was never able to get in again. I look forward to seeing the posts every day and learning something from you guys. I've been around a long time, but I am not a

Re: [Drakelist] Sylvania 6JB6s Too Tall?

2009-12-28 Thread Ron
Bob, I am going to go out on a limb and make a guess. I believe that in the later days, the tube manufactures did what I call joining of tube models. That is the 6JB6 and other tubes with similar/equal specs were produced and labeled for which ever model was being made that day. So it might

Re: [Drakelist] [Drake] Drake Receiver Comparison.

2009-12-28 Thread Garey Barrell
Bob - I'm away from home, and not checking the list as often as usual. It's pretty quiet because of the holidays I guess. Here is a comparison of the Drake receivers that I wrote up a while ago. The 2-B is an outstanding CW receiver, the dial calibration is a little coarse by today's

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2009-12-28 Thread Carlos Eduardo
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Re: [Drakelist] Change in T-4XC Tune Mode

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Ladden
I found the problem! I was thinking RF and ALC when the problem was really AF. I replaced V9 with a cheap Chinese 12AX7A and all is well. I learned that tune mode uses the mic amp as an audio oscillator in tune mode (I read that on Drakelist). Apparently the tube got weak enough it would only

[Drakelist] How to Lower T4XC Drive To Linear Amp During SSB?

2009-12-28 Thread Peter Hoon
Am having difficulty running our Drake T4XC into a QRO Technologies DX 2500 Linear Amp. Here is a description of the problem, things we've tried so far, and an appeal for your ideas and input. The DX 2500 amp requires very little drive. Preferably, we want to run 500 to 800 watts PEP out of