[Drakelist] WTB Drake MN-2700

2010-01-06 Thread TONYKURL
Hi. I'd like to buy a Drake MN-2700 tuner in excellent shape. If you have one for sale, please contact me at _tonyk...@aol.com_ (mailto:tonyk...@aol.com) tonykurl at aol dot com Thanks, Tony N3WAK ___ Drakelist mailing list

[Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement

2010-01-06 Thread yash
Have a tr-7, that one of the of the 4 section display has failed, lost the bottom vertical parts. I have to pull the digital board to install the aux-7 board that I made up WARC modules for. I have located a good 4 section readout. How hard is it to replace the 4 section readout? I can't find

Re: [Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement

2010-01-06 Thread Gary Poland
Dale, If you look at the bottom edge of your new displays you notice a row of solder pads with holes. These connect to the DR-7 board with a right angle solder pin header. You will need a good iron and lots of solder wick. I have change a lot of these and usually you will need to lightly,

Re: [Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement

2010-01-06 Thread Garey Barrell
Dale - A few things... First Take digital photographs of the affected areas. You probably won't need them, but if you do you'll be glad you have them! The DR-7 is not particularly difficult to take OUT. There are a LOT of pins, and when they haven't been removed for a while (30

[Drakelist] MR1033B MR1034B Diodes

2010-01-06 Thread Bob Loving
Halo-Net: My old Motorola data books reference the MR1034 as a 1N4722. It is a 400 PIV/3 A rectifier. The MR1033 is 300 PIV/3 A rectifier but without a corresponding 1N47xx series sister. Unfortunately, neither Mouser nor Digi-Key have the 1N4722. The 1N5404 is a 400 PIV/ 3 A rectifier in a

Re: [Drakelist] Fake TR7A

2010-01-06 Thread Gary Poland
I like the sellers In fact there are so many rumors on when the A was released does anyone really know? I emailed the guy and told him yes we do know when they were released. I also told him about the absence of the TX stenciling over the spare RCA jack on the back panel and that every

Re: [Drakelist] Fake TR7A

2010-01-06 Thread amfone
Who the seller so we all know to stay away. Tim WB8UHZ From: Gary Poland gpola...@cinci.rr.com To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 2:41:07 PM Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Fake TR7A I like the sellers In fact there are so many rumors on

Re: [Drakelist] Fake TR7A

2010-01-06 Thread Joe Pyles
I also emailed him and told him the same thing. I have 2 TR7s serial nos 9390 and 10476. I also have 2 TR7As serial nos 11299 and 11558. So the change over occurred between 10476 and 11299. As with everybody else I got no response. 73 Joe, KC9LAD. At 02:41 PM 1/6/2010, you wrote: I like the

Re: [Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement

2010-01-06 Thread Jim Shorney
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:00:27 -0500, y...@aol.com wrote: I noticed the tool for pulling the board loose...good idea? should not be hard to fabricate,or is there a better way. A classic metal PC slot cover works very well as a puller for the DR-7. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska,

[Drakelist] Tuning SSB on TR4C/w

2010-01-06 Thread Luther Nallie
I have my TR4C/w up and running on all bands, thanks to Tim Bolbach. I have no problem tuning for CW but not familiar with the best way to tune for SSB phone. I have been tuning for CW and then switching over to SSB without any further adjustments and was wondering if further tweaking was

[Drakelist] Tuning SSB on TR4C/w‏

2010-01-06 Thread Luther Nallie
I'm sorry I didn't make myself clearI have no problem tuning the receiver on SSB, been doing that for years. I was referring to tuning the transmitter for SSB on the tr4c since I am not that familiar with Drake equipment. Sorry for my screw up. Luther, KQ5O

Re: [Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement

2010-01-06 Thread Carel PA0CMU
Hi all, For a DIY board extractor, see this: http://members.ziggo.nl/cmulder/drake.htm#bookmark9 Good luck, Carel - PA0CMU From: jshor...@inebraska.com To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:09:18 -0600 Subject: Re: [Drakelist] tr-7 readout replacement On