RE: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Jeff Siegel
Jeff Siegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Everyone has given me more food for thought. When doing some googling I did find some simple circuits for handling the high voltages so, that's always an

[drakelist] L7 Capacitors Needed

2007-10-23 Thread Dino Papas
Dino Papas [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- A friend's L7 gave up the ghost mid-QSO with the self destruction of one of the two disc ceramic 760pF caps that bypass the HV line at the cold end of

Re: [drakelist] L7 Capacitors Needed

2007-10-23 Thread Christopher Kovacs
Christopher Kovacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- You can try Nebraska Surplus: http://www.surplussales.com There on the expensive side, but have a good stock of HV components. Chris - w0anm

Re: [drakelist] L7 Capacitors Needed

2007-10-23 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Dino - Best chance for an original part is from John Kriner. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 4-B C-Line Service

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread LeeCraner
Since I work on a lot of different rigs, I installed the Jackson Harbor Press Key All kit in my keyer (http://www.mtechnologies.com/jhp/). This inexpensive kit ($13) converts about any keyer circuit to handle up to 500 V 2.5 amp + or - key lines. I figure that's about any key line I will

Re: Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Halo.net
Halo.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Gents, I just caught the tail end of this discussion but if it's about keyers Drakes, Jackson-Harbor has a keyer kit that includes a heavy duty relay for

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Steve - The DX-20, like many of the small transmitters of its type, is cathode keyed. What this means is that while the voltage across a key is

RE: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Jeff Siegel
Jeff Siegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thank you all for the suggestions. I'll admit that I was starting to fall for the iambic is better/faster mantra that you get from...well...the

Re: [drakelist] Drake Nets

2007-10-23 Thread Wayne Rogers
Good afternoon. I'm new to the list. I've had a T4XB and an R4B sitting on my workshop shelf for way too long and have decided to bring it back to life. Don't have a lot of experience with Drake, but do have 40 plus years in the hobby and an electronics background, though I haven't done a

[drakelist] Drake L7 Load Capacitor

2007-10-23 Thread STEVE SCOGGINS
STEVE SCOGGINS [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Wanted a replacement Drake L7 C46-C47 PLATE LOAD variable two section capacitor for a rebuilt project. 73 Steve KE7RR

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread richard radke
richard radke [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Also at the risk of blaspheme, I'm a big fan of the MFJ keyers. I've been using one with a vibro iambic, into my C twins for years. Better to spend

RE: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Duane Calvin
Duane Calvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Frankly, for some things, like calling CQ if you don't do it with an programmed keyer, iambic is much more efficient. Squeezing off an A for example is

Re: [drakelist] L7 Capacitors Needed

2007-10-23 Thread Dennis Monticelli
Dennis Monticelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Another option is to use a transmitting ceramic capacitor of the doorknob variety. The smaller ones are typically rated at 5KV and built to handle

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Dennis Monticelli
Dennis Monticelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I don't have a CMOS-4 so I cannot comment. I have a Tick keyer that just uses a single CMOS PIC controller and I find I can use it just fine

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Dennis, What is that one additional component, and where does it go? Steve WA9JML an otherwise happy TO keyer afficianado Dennis Monticelli wrote:

Re: [drakelist] An Introduction a question about keyer for T-4XB

2007-10-23 Thread Dennis Monticelli
Dennis Monticelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Steve, I dug out my schematic and it actually takes a few components. My recollection was only of the inductor. Basically you place a series LC