Re: [Drakelist] Garey Barrell K4OAH SK

I was fortunate to have met Garey when he was visiting some family members in nearby LaFox, Illinois.  I have his 2B CD and it has been a great help in keeping that old receiver in great shape.  I hope that something can be worked out with his family to keep his Drake legacy alive.  He was a

Re: [Drakelist] Shure 444D Microphone wiring question

I am trying to wire up my old Shure 444D, and find something strange. According to the manual, there are supposed to be red, white, black, and shield wires in the coiled cable. That is what shows coming out of the cable inside the mic base. Red is mic element, shield is also for the mic

Re: [Drakelist] Slightly Off-Topic: EICO 717 KEYER

Curt, you will like that TO keyer a lot. I have had one for more than 25 years. It is a very good idea to replace all of the capacitors in it as the electrolytics are shot by now, and the black beauties are not in the best of shape, either. Before I replaced the black beauties, the speed of

Re: [Drakelist] Copper chassis restoration

I have not tried it on a Drake chassis, but have had good performance with a product called Nevrdull. It comes in a can and is cotton wadding with some sort of solvent on it. It is non abrasive, and does a great job on silverware and Harley exhaust pipes. Steve WA9JML

Re: [Drakelist] RCS-4

Loren, the best penetrating oil I have ever found is Kroil. You can generally get it at sporting goods stores, such as Midway USA. I have used it successfully for several tough problems with rusty bolts and nuts. Good luck on your project! Steve WA9JML On 8/3/2011 6:48 AM, Loren

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

My first rig was a command set receiver on 40 meters along with a factory built Knight T-60 bought from another more affluent teenage ham. My antenna was a Gotham V-80 vertical mounted on a redwood 4x4. The antenna was a birthday present from my parents. I was on the air for less than

Re: [Drakelist] Station upgrade?

I have had good performance from a Hy-Gain DX-88 vertical. It is a bear to put together, but it works well. I have not had much luck on 80CW on QRP, but have worked numerous European and South American stations with 100 watts on that band. One item I highly recommend is the DX Engineering

Re: [Drakelist] (no subject)

It plugs into a 4 pin socket on the back of the receiver. On 3/6/2011 7:10 PM, Neil M Califano wrote: All Drake Q-multipliers worked with the IF frequency. The q-multiplier cabinets also typically had a speaker in them for the rig. Was a cable run from the 2-AQ to the receiver? Where did it

Re: [Drakelist] Wanted 4NB Noise Blanker

Garey is there any reasonably easy way to put a noise blanker into a 2B? Thanks! Steve WA9JML On 2/1/2011 3:26 PM, Garey Barrell wrote: Don - You answered your own question/statement. I believe the words 'heavily modified' were tossed around! :-) The Sherwood mods essentially render the 4NB

Re: [Drakelist] Six Meter Options

You might also consider Clegg equipment. The Clegg 66er is a decent AM rig. The Thor 6 is even better, but be sure to get both the RF box and the power supply/modulator. 73, Steve WA9JML On 12/31/2010 12:49 PM, Kevin Nathan wrote: Hi All, First of all, happy New Year to everyone! Thanks

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Most of the Motorola radios I worked on in the factory and in field service had amplified mics, including the the Mocat CB radios. I tend to use the non

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hey, those keys and bugs need to cool off now and then. Steve WA9JML [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else noticed the irony of a thread titled Drake

[drakelist] Re: TV-3300LP Help?

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I bought a Drake TV-3300-LP filter off of the e-place. I find that it starts to attenuate and cut off at the lower end of the 15 meter band. I tried

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a hillside lot here that is on the smallish side. I once tried a Hustler vertical up on a 30 foot mast on the rooftop. I used some slotted PVC

[drakelist] Re: Drake Low Pass Filters

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I bought a Drake low pass filter off of e-bay a while back, and discovered that it had shifted down and was apparently cutting off about at 15 meters. I

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

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] New bill in Oklahoma

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Each time I buy a house, I make sure there are no covenants or other antenna restrictions encumbering it. Years ago I rented a condo where there were

Re: [drakelist] smoker's radio

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- And, speaking from very sad experience, do not use windex or other glass cleaners on optical grids or lines in measuring equipment, no matter how dirty

Re: [drakelist] Electrolytic rebuilding

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Not being a purist, I bought WA9TGT's electrolytic conversion for my Drake 2B, and installed it. It is very clever and works well. I don't care

Re: [drakelist] smoker's radio

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- You might also take up smoking fine cigars and drinking cognac. It won't get the smell out of the equipment, but you will care about it a whole lot less

[drakelist] Question on LP Filter

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a Drake TV3300-LP low pass filter, and it seems as though its cutoff frequency has shifted downward. Using a wattmeter before it and one after

[drakelist] Re: Microphone Plug

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I thought I saved the part numbers for those smaller than 1/4 inch phone plugs, and now cannot find them. I am starting to fix my Gonset G-76 transceiver

Re: [drakelist] Noise Blanker discussion

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have never had a Drake receiver with a noise blanker, so I cannot speak about their performance, but I have used the blankers in my Ten Tec Argonaut II

[drakelist] Re: Is there a National Radio List?

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I am also working on my National NCX-5 transceiver and wonder if there is a somewhat comparable e-mail list for such critters? Thanks, Steve WA9JML

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

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

Re: [drakelist] Oh the humanity!

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Looks like it was shipped via UPS. This station console looks only slightly worse than the TEK scope they ruined for me. 73, Steve WA9JML

Re: [drakelist] T-4XC microphone

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I cannot speak for anything about Drake transmitters, but I use 2 D104 amplified mics on my Ten Tecs and get great audio reports. I keep the gain

[drakelist] Q-Multiplier Question

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I am thinking of getting a Q-multiplier to use with my 2B. How does the 2BQ compare with the Heath units in actual use? 73, Steve WA9JML

Re: [drakelist] R-4B bandswitch lubrication

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have never had problems with de-oxit on switch wafers in my National, Clegg, Gonset and Hallicrafters equipment. I think I may have even used it on my

[drakelist] VR Tube Failure

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- This is only tangentially related to Drakes since it concerns a Hallicrafters TO keyer, but perhaps someone here on the list can give me some ideas

[drakelist] 2B vs. R4B

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- How do the 2B selectivity curves compare with the R4B curves? I'm new to Drake equipment and thought that the 4 series used crystal filters. A thread

[drakelist] 2B Knobs

Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a 2B with some non-original knobs that obscure the screenings on the front panel. I know that the original ones are unobtainable, but wonder