[Drakelist] Drake R4-b S meter non functioning

I have a Drake R4B receiver that the S meter does not function properly. Alignment or adjustment of pot on side does not seem to help. barely moves with very strong signals. any ideas where to start? Louie

[Drakelist] Digital Readout - R-4C and T-4XC

What is the preferred Digital readout system for the Drake C-line, (R-4C and T-4XC)? What system has the largest readout digits? Thank you. 73, Chuck - AA5WG ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net

[Drakelist] Digital Readout - R-4C and T-4XC

Chuck, I have a TR-4C with a DD-103 Universal Digital Dial. It works GREAT. I enclosed the link to their home page for more information. Hope others reply with what Digital readout they are using. http://www.electronicspecialtyproducts.com/dd103.html 73 Charles - KD8JZR What is the

[Drakelist] L4-B Output

Thanks all for comments. Many good points, esp testing into dummy load. I rebuilt the PS from the kit about 2-3 years ago; I bought a new pair of matched 3-500Zs from a reliable source about 4-5 years ago when I put the amp back into service after decades on a shelf. I don't see any difference

Re: [Drakelist] Drake R4-b S meter non functioning

Louie - Likely a tube. Could be lots of things. We need more information. Does the receiver seem to work otherwise? How 'loud' is the Calibrator signal? Similar performance to another receiver on the same antenna? Does the receiver handle strong signals, if there ARE any? Does the

Re: [Drakelist] R4B frequency instability

An update: Before I could get the Rx on the bench to check things out, it stopped doing this freq shift thing. I can't cause it to do it again..so for now, nothing to do but enjoy the rig! Curt KU8L Curt Nixon wrote: Good Afternoon All: Back from the summer off.. Fired up the B twins

Re: [Drakelist] L4-B Output

Peter - You have some good suggestions to try. The first thing is to use a GOOD dummy load. It needs to be 50 ohms, +/- 5% at a minimum. A couple of things to consider. The 'standard' wattmeter, the Bird 43, is only specified as +/- 5% of FULL SCALE. For the Palstar, which DOES NOT even

[Drakelist] Preselector lube

Drake experts, I'm carefully cleaning dried grease accumulated crud from the spindles and reduction drive of an R-4A preselector that is dragging and consequently slipping. What's the best lubricant to use on the reduction drive itself? NOTE: Based on Garey's advice I did *NOT*

Re: [Drakelist] Preselector lube

Paul, The reduction drive is crimped together and tough to do much with unless you remove it and clean it with solvent. Its tough getting grease back into it as well. I have taken a few of them apart and repaired a few that were worn out. I use lithium grease but is not critical. If you

Re: [Drakelist] Preselector lube

Paul, I'm not an expert but what I have used from time to time are: Silicon grease with a temperature range from -40 to +400 deg F. NON-detergent, light motor oil. I'm sure the real Drake experts can provide much better suggestions. 73, Evan, K9SQG -Original Message- From:

[Drakelist] On painting Drake cabinets

I know that the later cabinets with the speckled finish (R-4B and later?) are more demanding to repaint (or expensive if you pay someone to do it) but I gotta tell ya, Garey's suggestion of Rustoleum # for earlier (R-4, R-4A) cabinets is excellent. I did the top bottom of R-4A s/n

Re: [Drakelist] Preselector lube

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:19:13 -0400, K9sqg wrote: I'm not an expert but what I have used from time to time are: Silicon grease with a temperature range from -40 to +400 deg F. NON-detergent, light motor oil. I'm sure the real Drake experts can provide much better suggestions. TriFlow bicycle

Re: [Drakelist] On painting Drake cabinets

The speckled paint was epoxy paint, same stuff that's used on commercial aviation boxes . Rustoleum satin black always looked good.___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist