Oh, the humanity!!!!!!!!!!! ;-) John K5MO
At 08:03 PM 2/13/04 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote: > > >As long as we are "confessing" ... > >I put an L-Pad control in one corner of an MS-4 so I could >turn down that RTTY racket while still putting enough into >the TU to saturate the limiter. > >73, Garey - K4OAH > >Gerry wrote: > >> In my original R-4B I "defaced" the MS-4 speaker grille by drilling a hole >> and installing a 1/4" jack. MS-4 speaker grilles are much easier to find >> than R-4B front panels! I guess you could even make a new grille and paint >> it to look original. Anyway, this solution or "defacing" also solves the >> problem of having the headphone jack too close to the RF gain and mode >> switch. Particularly if you have large fingers. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:39 PM >> To: Garey Barrell; David M Eakins >> Cc: Drake List Posting >> Subject: Re: [drakelist] Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:51:21 -0800 >> >> As Garey points out, it would certainly take away from its value. >> It's easy to accomplish the same thing by making an adapter >> with about 8" of wire, a female jack on one end, and a male on the other... >> bring the connector out via this cable to a jack below the front panel. >> RS has the female 1/4" jacks w/housing to do a neat job of this without >> breaking out the (cringe) drill bits... :-) >> 73 >> John >> >> >> At 09:31 AM 2/13/04 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote: >> >>> >>>Mike - >>> >>>No doubt drilling out the panel and either putting a second >>>jack there would decrease the "collectibility" of the >>>receiver. It has been done however. I did one about 30 >>>years ago because I got tired of reaching around the side of >>>the receiver, between the receiver and speaker, to try and >>>pull out that right angle plug (not an easy trick) when I >>>wanted the speaker on. >>> >>>By the way, the front panel phone jack is not exactly >>>wonderful either, since you then have this long phone plug >>>backshell and cord sticking out between the AF Gain and >>>Function switch. This can be a problem, depending upon >>>whether you are right or left handed. >>> >>>As for selling it, the value would depend upon whether the >>>prospective buyer wanted a receiver to use, or one to sit on >>>the shelf and admire. >>> >>>73, Garey - K4OAH >>>Atlanta >>> >>>David M Eakins wrote: >>> >>>>I notice that the R4 and R4A/C all have a headphone jack in the front >> >> panel. >> >>>>My R4B does not, although there is a little mark in the front panel >> >> where it >> >>>>would go and the Chassis has a hole behind the mark where it would mount >>>>just fine. I wonder what effect if any this would have on the resale of >> >> the >> >>>>receiver, should I want to sell it in the future? >>>> >>>>73, >>>> >>>>Mike - K7OV >>>> >>>> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body >Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message >Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/04 >
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