On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 19:28:29 -0600, Don Cunningham wrote: >The braid mod you mentioned was a Drake factory fix to >a problem found. There are many such things Drake put out to fix known >engineering oversights.
That brings up the point that even "factory mods" can be poor engineering. Case in point, the Drake-published "all-band transmit" mod for the TR-7 that disables the PLL out-of-lock signal. I can see Drake wanting a quick and simple mod for screwdriver jockeys in the field, but it's just plain bad, and there is a better way. And speaking of bad mods, DrakeMod6 needs to be corrected to remove the advice to reverse the direction FA-7! I proved that this was a bad mod two years ago, but it's still out there and people still believe it. 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
