Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Tom - Well, pretty soon the relay would close, which is what allows the "unbiased" finals to overheat. The same relay would also mute the receiver,

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

Is there a way to know when the bias supply has died? Suppose you're sitting in front of the radio, it appears to be operating normally, and then the bias suddenly disappears (i.e. diode opens, cap goes out, etc.). At this point, you're simply listening to the receiver. What indication would you ge

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Keith - The R-4B is a very quiet receiver. "General coverage" takes either a large quantity of crystals, an FS-4, or one of the several FS-4 "equiv

RE: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- -Original Message- > From: Frank Woolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WAKE UP your dreaming, have a look on ebay and see what a good cond R4C

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

4B has em' built right in And,in my opinion,the R4B has the nicest audio of all of them...tough reciever to beat Hope this helps Best 73 Paul AD3G - Original Message - From: "Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:3

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Donnie Garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Keith: I can also vouch for the quality of the Drake CD Service Disks that Garey (K4OAH) offers. I have them all and they are all well worth the

RE: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Gerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The one Drake receiver I always come back to is the R-4B and I consider it the ultimate vintage receiver in almost all respects. With a good set of crystals

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Don and Diana Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Keith, As Garey so eloquently said, this is only ONE man's opinion, but I will agree with the R4B being the best of the receivers you men

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Keith - See It is _ONLY_ of concern if you run transceive. I agree, I only run separa

RE: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- > From: Garey Barrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you decide to complete the station, the "color-coded' > crystals were introduced late in the

Re: [drakelist] Newbie with questions.

Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Keith - The "best" receiver of the group you mention would be the R-4B. It is the refinement of the R-4 series through about 11-12 revisions. Some o

[drakelist] Newbie with questions.

"Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Greetings folks, I'm contemplating buying a Drake receiver and figured it would be wise to subscribe to the list and get some info. Years ago I had a