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Mike I agree, besides pens are still cheaper than laptop batteries ... I
still use a paper logbook. I can write down a call faster
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I will give a few away as gifts, use a few, and horde a few. Right at the
moment they are holding down a desk in the corner of the sh
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Send me an SASE and I will send you a piece.
73, Gary W8PU
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My Logbooks arrived today ... Thanks Joe ..
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Frank,
You can buy a new AM filter for the R-4C or TR-7 from INRAD for around
$110. I avoid used filters from
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Karl,
To adjust the T-4X carrier oscillator, assuming both filters are good, C2
should be set for equal power out in both USB and
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My first TR-7 had the handle. I was also told that the mobile kit came with
a new cabinet with a handle. It was the only TR-7 I saw
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I have also had very good luck with Pacific TV.
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Neil,
All of the cabinets for the R-4 and T-4X series where the same except for
the side cutouts as you mentioned. The only other d
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Assuming two good filters, the carrier oscillator for the T-4XC should be
adjusted for the same RF out in both upper and lower sideba
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Steve,
Loosen the three PTO mounting screws / nuts from under the chassis and
reposition the PTO untill the dial skirt is parallel.
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The TR-3 paint was smooth, I am fairly certain the epoxy " bumpy " paint
didnt show up until the C-Line, TR-4C,
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Anyone have a good spare TR-7 VCO board they care to part with??
73, Gary W8PU
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Dave,
I don't know how long you have had the Twins or what you do or don't know
about them so here goes ...
The R-4C FU
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Gang,
Does anyone have a audio output transformer for the TR-4/ 4C. The Cincy
Xfmr PN is CT-864. I can use a Hammond univer
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Al,
The 9-NB will not physically fit into a TR-4. I suspect the circuit is the
same since the IF for the TR-6 and TR-4 is 9 mhz a
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It sounds like a capacitor failure in the - 65 volt supply of the AC-4
power supply. If the bias voltage suddenly goes
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The typical PTO wire color coding is Black - Ground, Red - Power, and
Green - RF Out.
73, Gary W8PU
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Jim,
A fellow at Eimac once told me that 3-500Z's will get gassy if left
stored for long periods of time. Other then that I
Mike,
Amidons products have grown a lot
in recent years. I built my 4:1 balun many years ago and used it with a 80 meter
dipole fed with ladder line. It tuned all bands.
W2FMI-4:1-HBM200
4:1 Baluns - 200 ohms balanced to 50 ohm
unbalanced (coaxial)
73, Gary
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Bill,
The MN-2000 is built a lot more solid as you would expect. To use either
for open wire line just buy a Amidon 4:1 balun ki
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Kevin,
Tony Mills KF8MW makes reproduction panels for several of the 4 Line
Drakes. You can contact him and see if he plans on makin
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Tim,
The FL-1500 is still found on Ebay but is a bit narrow for SSB. I suggest
a 1.8 khz filter from Sherwood or INRAD. You'll p
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I used a 6BTV for several years. The 80 meter bandwidth is pretty narrow and
finding the resonant point of the antenna can be bit
There are several auto battery load testers
available for under $30. I have yet to find one with a resistive load less that
50 amps though.
73, Gary
oops ... true, 5 chip board has the PROM ... my
service manuals parts list doesnt match the schematic.
Gary
The " later " 5 chip board does not use a PROM to
decode the bandswitch position. I do not know why Drake changed the
design.
73, Gary
Ron,
There were at least two versions of the
Digital Board.
73, Gary W8PUhttp://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu
Dick,
The B1000 I beleive is just a 4:1 balun, you
can make your own. Amidon sells kits...
http://www.amidoncorp.com/aai_cost_experimenter.htm
B-1000 drawing...
http://www.zerobeat.net/drakelist/b1000.html
73, Gary W8PUhttp://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu
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Craig,
Its probably dirty contacts on the carrier shift relay located in the back
right corner of the chassis. If you need more
Bill,
I have had good luck with RCA, Zenith, and
GE. Sylvanias/EGC are pretty hard to find.
73, Gary W8PUhttp://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu
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Jim,
I way awake at night worrying about bias cap failures in AC-4&#x
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Jim,
I have always lubed the brass parts otherwise they tend to " chatter " for
lack of a better word. You wont hurt anyt
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Sorry I meant to say I COULDNT NEUTRALIZE on 15 and 10 meters. Guess I
should proof read my em
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I have not had any luck with using the 6JG5's in place of the 6JB6's. I
could neutralization on 15 and 10 meters though I
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More kudos to Donnie..
I just bought a 2A/B/C calibrator from him and it is first class. Much
better than over paying on Ebay for a
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Keith,
You can use 8 ohm headsets if you install a 100 ohm resistor in series. I
have done that as well as used aircraft 600 ohm head
Bob
The tab is soldered to a brass bushing that is pushed on over the
control shaft, just a friction fit. They can be stuborn but will pull off. Place
some heavy cardboard near the shaft to protect the front panel and pry it off
with a screwdriver.
73, Gary
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The Shure 444 or 444D works great.
73, Gary
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Kevin,
Put 12 vdc on the red / white wire, black / white to ground, and the coax
is the 5 mhz RF
Wishing all a Happy New Year!!
73, Gary W8PUhttp://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu
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Floyd,
Make sure diode CR2203 is good. Its job is to warm up and keep the bias
in check. The only time I have had the problem
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Steve,
Heathkit used similar knobs on their early ham equipment. They are gray
and light beige plastic. They could be painted black.
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Floyd,
You can use a NTE 235 transistor. You will need to change the bias
resistor R2202 to a larger value.
73, Gary W8PU
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Joe,
Does it read 51.950.0 ??
73, Gary W8PUhttp://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu
Here is how to diode program the AUX-7. Dip headers
are not necessary. 1N4148's are small and work fine.
http://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu/aux7warc.jpg
Gary W8PU
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Craig,
I have done it both ways. I prefer to mount the diodes in the AUX-7
sockets if an AUX-7 is installed, I find that easier.
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Thom,
The Rotten Apple Group were never a problem. They usually met before or
after us I
believe. Even though we have used 723
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Craig,
The Drake Technical Net meets at 2000Z Sundays on 7238 +/- the county
hunters. I dont know where we will end up today. Listen
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Floyd,
Removing the resistor was a mod that Drake did, some boards didnt have
them at
Never bothered me either...I have owned 5 TR-7's,
still have three of them.
73, Gary
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Craig,
Welcome to the Drake List...I have three TR-7's but admit to owning a
early KWM-2 also..HI HI. The analog dial should
Bob,
I have owned 3 2B's and one 2A over the past
15 years. I currently own one of each. I enjoy listening to them very much.
73, Gary
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Mike,
I have used Rustoleum Satin Black in the
past.
73, Gary
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Bill ,
Any of the Drake mics, 7075, 7077, etc. The Shure 444 or 444D is also a
good mic. D104's will also work but many do no
Gary,
John Kriner has the kit available from time
to time on Ebay. Contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
73, Gary
Paul,
There is a mod to relocate the wiring that
connects from the power supply board to the can filter capacitor outside of the
main harness and route them along the outside edge of the chassis
with heavier gage wire. This helps reduce the hum.
73, Gary
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Gang,
I recently had the opportunity to sample some replacement dial windows for
the Drake 4 line from Donny Garrett WA9TGT. The fixed
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For many years what I have done is to use 12 to 20 inch extension cables
plugged into each HF transceiver / transmitter with the
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Jim,
I understand what your saying but I still have a problem with parting out
good radios for profit. If its a junker that&#
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Rick,
Your correct Ebay is not the problem, the sellers are. But making a living
from it by re-selling equipment that is purch
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I recently purchased a perfectly good, not mint, MN2000 at a local hamfest
for $125 and a nice Heathkit HW-101 for $45. The spirit sti
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Tom,
The bandswitch when rotated programs the digital control board. The
digital control board tied through the DR-7 board th
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Maurizio,
Check with John Kriner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,he may still have some as
well as the sw
Danny WA4SDE , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , had some for sale at
one time, check with him.
73, Gary W8PU
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Welcome to the group David...
Gary W8PU
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Its obvious the government is pushing BPLits just a matter of time
before the hobby is gone as we once new it anyway. Then older
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They are installed in the T-4XC correctly...subtract 11.1 mhz from the
crystal frequency to find the actually operating frequency inst
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Maurizio
Just my opinion and dont get me wrong, I love my Drake equipment, but no
one in there right mind should pay $2500 for a T
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Gang,
I am in the process of trying to put together an addition to my web page
dedicated to the TR-4 and all its variations. If anyo
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Chuck,
The white relay is for CW offset and during transmit shifts the carrier
oscillator roughly 1khz. Run a strip of paper through
Karl,
Make sure the carrier oscillator is
centered. The proceedure in the manual has you adjust ceramic trimmer C130 for
equal noise pitch between USB and LSB. A better way to do this is to unbalance
the carrier with the carrier null pot R85 with the mic keyed, XMTR Gain fully
CCW, for a
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Stephen,
Replace filter capacitor C192 ... a 1000 ufd capacitor used for the + 12
vdc supply. This is ususually the fix. Otherwise th
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No JR..the IF frequencies are different...
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Michael,
Its not uncommon for the 5595 kHz mixer crystal to be off frequency and
no matter how much you tweak C61 it will not c
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Matt,
Does your TR-4 have a hard wired noise blanker...34NB? Your discription of
the board in question sounds like part of the nois
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Matt,
1.5 volts peak to peak is correct...
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Mike,
Given the prices the TR-5 is getting these days I would say they are still
desired by many of us. Its a fine radi
Ron..
I am guessing its a 2 Khz bandwitdth 16 pole
filter ? Is its larger then a standard Drake filter?
Gary
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Kevin,
Unless you cut the power back with the ALC adjustment you will have
problems running the TR-7 with even a 25 amp supply. Power
Can anyone help Gilles? Reply to him please..not
me..
73, Gary W8PU
I am searching for the cooling
fan of drake L 4 B
amplifier
could you help me or can you suggest a
supplier of old gear accessories for my friend ve2zam
Gilles
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I have parts lists from Drake for the TR-7, R-4C, T-4XC, TR-4C, and possibly
others dating back to 1992 through 1998 and the complete fi
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I have keep a list of TR-4 serial numbers over the years...I have notes next
to some of them I have owned or worked on. TR-4 SN 3113
Greg,
The plastic pin is the limit to the
calibration slipage...the rubber bushing behind the dial skirt keeps the shaft
and knob together. If the rubber bushing is missing, worn, or there isnt enough
tension against it when puting the knob and skirt on, there will be slipage and
loss of
Mike,
The chip is a MC10138P Bi-Quinary Counter. I only have one so I will look to see if I
can find a source for you.
Gary
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Martin,
International Radios filters for both the R-4C 2nd IF and TR-7 are
Zin/Zout: 50 ohms according to their spec chart. Only t
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Actually I have a SL-8000 in my R-4C..works great.
Gary
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Matt,
With new 6JB6's you will see over 200 watts output on 80 meters and
around 100 watts on 10 meters. The power out could be
I am posting this for Mr Lankford. Please
respond to him if you are interested in his TR-4
Gary
Sir my name is Dave Lankford, I see that you are
into the Drake radio's and i was wondering if you would be interrested in buying
a Drake TR-4 & power supply?
I have one that is in very g
Check the 5 mhz RF from the PTO. It should be
approximatly 1.5 peak. If this is low it will cause poor sensitivity as you go
up in frequency, 10 meters especially.
Gary
The R-4B uses a crystal filter in the first IF and
passive filters in the 2nd IF
Gary
Mike,
Is it just the display or the entire
radio jumping frequency? If its temperature related then get a can of circuit
cooler.
73, Gary
Correctionas Bill pointed out pin 1 goes
directly to the mic amp not 3. Boy I love getting old!!!
73, Gary
Bill,
Normal mic gain for a TR-7 with most dynamic
mics is around 9 to 10 o'clock. The mic level to obtain the ALC led increases
with frequency. Pin 3 of the mic connector runs straight to the transmit exciter
board, pin 4 goes through a 470k resistor. Pin 4 was for mics with high output I
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Kevin,
Also check for 5 mhz from the PTO.
73, Gary
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Jason,
Yes .. the meter can become inoperative. I have had a W-4 and WV-4 do
this. I was about to get the going again by moving t
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Thanks Steve, I thought of doing the same thingI have always been a fan
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