Re: [drakelist] Drakes for sale R4Bs

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Dan, Do you still have an R4B for sale? If so, are they early or late production models. The late production used a FET in the PTO rather than

[drakelist] Help with 2-B Diagnosis

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Last night my Drake 2-B receiver displayed a new problem. Over a period of a few seconds the normal static and static crashes on 80 metres

Re: [drakelist] Help with 2-B Diagnosis

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Terry, Thanks for the message. I already have Garey's CD. It is indeed a great source of information. I can see where it will be worth it's weight

Re: [drakelist] Best Coax....

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- In todays world of a multitude of RF sources everywhere, I have chosen to use only double shielded cable to help minimize ingress. Perhaps overkill

Re: [drakelist] MN2000 balanced feeders

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- While a balun on the output side of a tuner will couple some energy it may not be very efficient at some impedances. A balun, whether 1:1 or 4:1

[drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- When I completed my first radio restoration project, an Heathkit GR-81, and announced that my next project would be a Drake 2-B receiver, a few people

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey, Thanks for the tip on the 6EA8 at V-2. From what I read on the web it looks like a direct replacement. Just plug it in. Am I correct? I have

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Don, You will love the 2B/2BQ. It is a superb receiver. Mine is serial number 5735 so your receiver would be about 5 months newer than mine

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2B Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- After reading a few articles on restoration, my 2B project is not a restoration that will include disassembling the entire radio or even

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey, My 2-B does indeed have the earlier circuit and does not have the double pole switch. I am wondering how difficult it will be to find

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey, Are there any more changes that Drake made to the 2-B during it's production? Darrell On Thursday 24 July 2008 07:41, Garey Barrell wrote

[drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Hum Mod?

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Has anyone done the BB Technical Services Hum modification on their 2-B? The mod replaces R56 with a jumper and adds extra capacitance to C70

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thanks Garey! You are a wealth of information. The schematic that came with my 2-B manual is yet a different version from the two schematics on your

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey has confirmed that the schematic that came with my 2-B manual is the proper manual that came with the 2-B from the factory. My schematic

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- That is precisely what I was wondering. Was it an improvement to the receiver or just a cost savings or ease of production measure. On Thursday 24

Re: [drakelist] New List Archive Address

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thom, I am having trouble with the new archive address. If I search for preselector at the new address http://www.mail-archive.com/drakelist

[drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- What lubricants do you use for the ball bearings, sleeve bearings, and other moving parts. I see in the archives that lithium grease is popular

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I received a personal email from Bill Frost, the Service Manager for Drake for the last 40+ years. He offered this information, reprinted here

[Drakelist] WTB: 2B Preselector Knob

The cracked preselector knob on my 2B finally broke. Anyone have one they want to sell or know of a source for one? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist

[Drakelist] 2B vs. Hammarlund?

suspect the Hammerlund would be much better for AM, but wonder how it does on CW. Is it as stable or as selective. I do have the 2BQ Q-Multiplier and find it is wonderful for CW. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO Grand Forks BC Canada

[Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared

-- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] Collins, Drake etc.

. A couple of times now I have almost bought another SX-140 just to try it out with the proper use of that selectivity/BFO control and see if it really was as bad as I remember or if it was just me. 73, Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO On 06/17/11 07:33, kc9...@aol.com wrote: Interesting

Re: [Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared

. 73, Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO On 06/16/11 22:14, geoffrey mendelson wrote: On Jun 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Darrell Bellerive wrote: In the 70's Ten-Tec had the Tritons, and early Omni's, with the Corsairs in the early 80's. Before the Corsairs, with the Tritons, Argos

[Drakelist] First Rigs - If you could do it all over again, what would your first station be?

SX-140. So if you knew then what you know now, what would have been your first station and what year would it have been? 73, Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net

Re: [Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared

transmitters. I have always had transcievers and sidetone, so it all just seems odd to me. :-) 73, Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO On 06/17/11 10:18, Paul Christensen wrote: The beauty of this system is that the PIN diode switch allows just enough Tx to Rx leakage for one to get

Re: [Drakelist] Sidetones (was Ten-Tec and Drake Compared)

I notice that most vintage receivers provide a mute, at least the ones I've seen, yet it's use doesn't seem to be that popular. Was this just because the transmitters lacked sidetone or was there other reasons such as timing or poor recovery? 73, Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Station VA7TO

Re: [Drakelist] 2B Receiver Preselector Knob

indicator mark. I need one of these too. 73, Darrell VA7TO Darrell Bellerive On 13-01-04 05:25 PM, Mark wrote: Hi, Does anyone have a 2B Preselector knob for sale, or know where I can get one? While mine is still working, it has a crack in it. If not, does anyone know who supplied them

[Drakelist] Wanted 2-B Band Crystals

band on switch position 10-1 25.6 MHz for 10 meter band on switch position 10-3 Please contact me off list. 73, Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo

[Drakelist] WTB: 40 Meter Crystal for 2-NT

I am looking for a 40 meter crystal to test a 2-NT transmitter. Anywhere between 7.002 and 7.083 MHz. 73, Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[Drakelist] FS: K4OAH Drake 2-B/2-BQ and 2-C/2-NT CDs

on these Drake radios. However, I am selling all of my vintage gear and no longer have a need for these CDs. Please respond off list. 73, Darrell VE7IU -- Darrell Bellerive VE7IU ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http

[Drakelist] 2-B 160 Meter Conversion Kit?

if maybe someone had an alternative design and offered a parts kit. Anyone have any ideas? 73, Darrell VE7IU -- Darrell Bellerive VE7IU ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] [DrakeRadio] FS: K4OAH Drake 2-B/2-BQ and 2-C/2-NT CDs

Sold -- Darrell Bellerive VE7IU Darrell Bellerive VE7IUOn Tuesday, November 11, 2014 09:09:35 AM ve...@runbox.com [DrakeRadio] wrote: Darrell Bellerive VE7IUFor Sale: __._,_.___ Darrell Bellerive VE7IUPosted by: ve...@runbox.com *Reply