[drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Over the years, I purchased items that were offered on this list...and neve had a problem. While I'm in no place to insist on where and how gear is

[drakelist] Fwd: L-4 Cleaning

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:45:35 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Jason Buchanan
eBay rarely chastises their sellers. The fancy listings that radiomart uses cost a bundle. They probably make $400-500 a week from his listings. The hapless buyer complaining about getting ripped off only interferes with ebay making money. On the other hand, something interesting gets

Re: [drakelist] That Radio-Mart Fella...

2006-11-30 Thread DW Holtmnan
DW Holtmnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- John McDermott wrote: Could be a coincidence Hirsh's Radio-MartHirsch, Jerome F., *WA2ZFA* 219 California Drive

RE: [drakelist] PS for TR-3

2006-11-30 Thread Chuck Wyatt
Chuck Wyatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- 'spose he peeks in on these threads? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Monday, November

[drakelist] Wal (uh, I mean Radio) Mart

2006-11-30 Thread Terrell E. Hamilton
You don't suppose he's reading our posts, do you? If so, I hope he gets the message. Terrell (Terry) Hamilton K7WLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] attachment: image001.jpg

[drakelist] ON SELLING DRAKE GEAR

2006-11-30 Thread W4AWM
Hi Lee and everyone, I had a similar experience with an estate last year.  The local vulture swooped down almost before the decased was buried and made off with the good stuff for pennies on the dollar. About 3 months later, a friend called and asked if I wanted to look at what was left with

Re: SV: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, et al, I want to thank the folks here for being open about their issues. It is nice to know that you are not the only one to get stung on e-pay.

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Joseph Reed
Joseph Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Keith, You just have to remember Martyn's grading system: Mint = Thrown off a truck Collector Quality = Dragged behind a truck Excellent = Hit by a

SV: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Karl Henrik Laache
Hi all I'm sorry that I've offended some of you by trying to moderate. That won't happen again. Thanks to Thom for a great list. The Drakes interest me, and I have a few. I will keep to the tech issues in the future. 73's de Karl LA1CU

[drakelist] Tr7 Output Power

2006-11-30 Thread Bill Carpenter
Bill Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- My TR7 has experienced a lessening of output power on the higher bands by quite a bit and 160 meters is also a bit low: 160 110W 80 120 40 120

Re: [drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, W7DAH wrote: Thom R LaCosta wrote: If you don't like the things above, I will not be insulted if you unsubscribe from the list.

Re: [drakelist] L-4 Cleaning

2006-11-30 Thread Jason Buchanan
Jason Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- My L-4 looks the same way. It's normal since the silver has tarnished and left behind a protective coating to prevent further tarnish. Ignore the

[drakelist] drake reflector

2006-11-30 Thread Tom Stiefel
Could someone tell me where to look to read previously listed entries in the reflector. Tom AB0ER - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.

RE: [drakelist] PS for TR-3

2006-11-30 Thread sebdesn
sebdesn [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The guy is a flaming [EMAIL PROTECTED], I e mailed him a question about what was in,(nb filters etc), an r4c he had listed , and he sends me back this tirade

[drakelist] Fwd: MN2000 band switch

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:49:18 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [drakelist] PS for TR-3

2006-11-30 Thread Ted Wright
Hi All I sure hope so .. He is a Bag Of S**T Hope some day i get to meet him Chuck Wyatt wrote: Chuck Wyatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- 'spose he peeks in on these threads? -Original

Re: [drakelist] Fwd: L-4 Cleaning

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- John, Thanks for the great advice. I rebuilt the powersupply and the amp works very well. The output is 800Watts PEP with the original 3-400Z tubes. The face is

Re: [drakelist] TR7 LED lamp hack

2006-11-30 Thread D.W. Harms
D.W. Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The not-so-elegant solution of Jim is exactly what I did too. The result is even bluer than with bulbs and no need to lift the DR7 anymore :) Higly

RE: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Pat Fitzgerald
Pat Fitzgerald [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Yes I have had the same problem as others - TR4 advertised as mint and was shop worn- I filed negative feed back and more people should do so. For the

Re: [drakelist] AC-4 Relay Plug

2006-11-30 Thread richard radke
richard radke [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Clair, What I've used for years are pins from a discarded 8 pin (octal) tube base...Break the plastic base apart with pliers...unsolder the pins from

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Jason Buchanan
and this list too, of course ;-) The only serious buying I do is through swap.qth.net.

Re: [drakelist] Fwd: L-4 Cleaning

2006-11-30 Thread W4AWM
Hi Doug, Tarnishing of silver plated tank coils, switch contacts and other plated items is normal. Unless you live in a sealed, environmentally controlled room, there is nothing you can do about it. If you feel that you have to clean the parts, only use a high quality silver polish that

[drakelist] B1000 Balun

2006-11-30 Thread tijmen de Jong
Anyone know the AL value of the toroid core used in the B1000 balun. 73, Tijmen PA3GRM

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, David Turney wrote: He obviously thinks he's really smart, but to me the serial number phraseology suggests that the plate on

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread DW Holtmnan
DW Holtmnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- What is his ebay Id? Best, DW Holtman WB7SSN Paul wrote: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang

[drakelist] AC-4 Relay Plug

2006-11-30 Thread Clair Truax
Clair Truax [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Could someone point me to a source for the little two-pole relay plug for the back of the AC-4 power supply, which I use to key an amplifier? At

Re: [drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Ted Wright wrote: GEEZ Thom Wake up on the wrong side of the world today ?? Nowhat's your problem? Thom

[drakelist] ON SELLING DRAKE GEAR

2006-11-30 Thread W4AWM
Hi Lee and everyone, I had a similar experience with an estate last year.  The local vulture swooped down almost before the decased was buried and made off with the good stuff for pennies on the dollar. About 3 months later, a friend called and asked if I wanted to look at what was left with

[drakelist] drake LP, feet

2006-11-30 Thread Tom Stiefel
I have a copper drake low pass TV-42-LP, make a offer. I thought I saw a red velvet listing that was missing a foot. If someone bought it I may have a extra foot. Tom AB0ER __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam

[drakelist] TR7 PS7 Sherwood 7SP for sale

2006-11-30 Thread Paul
Have the following for sale: TR7...the goodworks all bands,full output. Has noise blanker installed. has 1.8 500hz cw filters. All LED segments work. Gets good audio reports. the bad..sticky cabinet paint. needs an alignment. display reads slightly off frequency (reads

[drakelist] L-4 Cleaning

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have read postings here about cleaning Drakes and like several of the ideas. I have aquired an L-4 that outside looks almost perfect. However, internally, the

Re: [drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Paul
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I'll second that motion!!! 73 Paul - Original Message - From: Dino Papas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mail List - Drake Gear Drake Gear

Re: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have only been stung once on e-bay and that was when I first started buying vintage equipment there. I bought a Vibroplex bug that was in mint

[drakelist] Need info on a plug in boardLet's try this again?

2006-11-30 Thread RLucch2098
Hi All; Am sending this the 3rd time, some some reason, I never received an acknowledgement that it was ever received. Please excuse me if it WAS received! I found a plug-in circuit board that looks like it might be for the TR-7 but not sure. Only marking is a bunch of numbers done with solder.

[drakelist] drake relay question

2006-11-30 Thread Tom Stiefel
I have a TR-4CWRIT. Will the internal relay handle the voltage/current when using a Heath SB-220 amp or do I need a external relay? Tom AB0ER - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

[drakelist] @arrl.net

2006-11-30 Thread Thom R LaCosta
Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Please DO NOT subscribe to the list using an address that ends with arrl.net, since if the mailbox that it forwards to is full, or doesn't exist, I get

Re: [drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread Ted Wright
Ted Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- GEEZ Thom Wake up on the wrong side of the world today ?? Thom R LaCosta wrote: Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist

Re: [drakelist] RE: On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread W4AWM
Hi Lee and everyone, I had a similar experience with an estate last year. The local vulture swooped down almost before the decased was buried and made off with the good stuff for pennies on the dollar. About 3 months later, a friend called and asked if I wanted to look at what was left

RE: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread Darwin, Keith
Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I do a lot of e-bay transactions, both as buyer and seller. So far, very few issues and nothing unresolved. E-bay provides a source of gear that is hard

Re: {SPAM?} Re: SV: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, I have to disagree with your statement. This is a good place to discuss this issue. Guys like myself that buy Drake equipment from E-Bay could have been

Re: [drakelist] On Selling Drake Gear

2006-11-30 Thread
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- This just went from a very usefull tool to a waste of space, and a pissin' contest at the same time. Doug N9XTF Quoting Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thom R

Re: SV: [drakelist] That e-bay shark....

2006-11-30 Thread DW Holtmnan
DW Holtmnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Radio-Mart does sell some very nice radios. If he happens to buy a nice radio he sells a nice radio. If he buys a dog, he sells a dog wrapped up as a

Re: [drakelist] AC-4 Relay Plug

2006-11-30 Thread Tom Taylor
Here's how I homebrewed an AC-4 relay connector: http://www.zerobeat.net/drakelist/voxrelayplug.html Tom On 11/29/06, Clair Truax [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clair Truax [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang