Bill, Your dial. There was an article in QST about using a good one to copy the print to a CD blank (like the ones on top of a CD stack). I know the author was not Garey Barrell, but he I think he may have had the original idea.
Caveats Garey? Just and idea. If you're like me sometimes it is the fun of getting there. 73, Ron WD8SBB --- On Wed, 3/9/11, Bill V. <wviga...@cox.net> wrote: > From: Bill V. <wviga...@cox.net> > Subject: [Drakelist] New (to me) B Line... > To: drakelist@zerobeat.net > Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 4:52 PM > Hi All! > > My name is Bill and I'm a boat anchor-aholic. > ;) My shack consists of mostly 60's era rigs that I > have restored including National, Swan, Ameco, etc. I > do have some modern stuff like an R8 that I bought new and a > few older Yaesu and Kenwood rigs. > > I just picked up a pretty nice B-line from a local > CraigsList ad. My original intent was to clean it up > and pass it along, but now I don't want to part with > it. It had a few minor issues like the usual dirty > switches and pots, a shorted diode in the vox circuit that > kept the relay pulled in, a couple of cold joints, > etc... The receiver performance is outstanding. > The transmitter is a little anemic in the audio department, > but otherwise pretty good. > > One thing that I do need is a vfo dial plate for the > T-4XB. I have seen yellowed dials before, but this > thing is opaque brown/black! > > I hope to contribute to this reflector. > > 73! > > Bill V. > > _______________________________________________ > Drakelist mailing list > Drakelist@zerobeat.net > http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist > _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
