On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:45:15 -0700 (PDT), Neil M Califano wrote: >I use my R4A about 4 hours a day. Should it be left on continuously or is it >better to turn the radio off every night?
My personal opinion, never leave a vintage rig (especially one with lots of tubes and high voltages) run unattended. Chances are nothing major will happen, but if it does suffer a catastrophic failure, you will want to be around to kill power ASAP. The time is long gone when you can just call Drake and order a power transformer, specialized switch, etc. 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A, HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all vintage, all the time! "Give a man a URL, and he will learn for an hour; teach him to Google, and he will learn for a lifetime." HyGain 3750 User's Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HyGain_3750/ http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jshorney http://www.nebraskaghosts.org _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
