I have a tr-22c and it has crystals, it is a great portable rig, but the stupid thing does not have a tone generator so won't work on but 3 repeaters here... and right now it is my only radio... ugh...
73, Phillip Childs Ask me about Clear Wimax internet for your home, mobile or business! http://www.phillipbchilds.us/Clear On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Eric Webner <[email protected]> wrote: > Don, > > Yeah, you did score! I'm curious what you paid for the modded C-line. > > 73, > > Eric KA8FAN > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Don Jones <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, May 10, 2010 1:22:09 PM > *Subject:* [Drakelist] Newbie Scores > > This is my very first post to the Drake List, so I guess a little bio would > be appropriate. I was first licensed in winter 1974 (novice) and upgraded to > general in the fall of 1975. I bought a Drake TR-4C with money earned mowing > lawns and doing odd jobs as a high school aged young man. I still have that > TR-4C. > > From high school I went into the Navy for 6yrs. While in the Navy, I was in > Memphis in ’77 and bought a set of Drake Twins, T-4x & R-4A. They were good > old rigs and worked 200+ countries with them while in the service. In the > early 90’s I sent the “A-Line” down the road and joined up with the solid > state trend but hung onto the old TR-4C. > > Recently I found that I had got tired of the “rice boxes” and all the > noise. Talking with a friend about the current “state of the art” and > amateur radio he said I should go back to my roots, dig out that old TR-4C > and give it another listen. He told me about the DrakeList and said I > needed to go take a look at the technical reports on the Sherwood > Engineering web site. What I found was very impressive. I wanting to finda > complete “C-Line”. > > Today at a local Hamfest, sitting there on a flea market table was a mint > T-4XC & AC-4 power supply, it was in perfect working order, this baby was a > real beauty, the asking price was $200. I would have been embarrassed to > ask the seller if they could come down some on the price. > > Recently, thru dumb, I located a luck a complete “C-Line” and the R-4C has > every Sherwood mod possible already installed, a full set of filters, and > crystal’s for 160 for the TX & RX. > > Now I have the problem of this extra T-4XC sitting here, I think I will > continue to hold out for another R-4C, but a guy never knows a nice R-4B > might find its way into the shack too… > > Life is good, > > Don Jones KO7i > Arlington, WA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Drakelist mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist > >
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