RE: [drakelist] TR7 Volume

2004-01-28 Thread Jim Shorney
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:08:40 -0500 (EST), Ron Wagner wrote: > >What I have done is use an outboard Radio-Shack DSP for my audio control. >It does two things, one allow me to turn the volume to "nothing", and also >allows a very nice way to drop out the old tuner-uppers. Yep, works good for th

Re: [drakelist] TR7 Volume

2004-01-28 Thread Garey Barrell
Gerry wrote: The ON/OFF switch ganged with the volume control was very common at the time. I can't fault the Drake engineers for following what was common practice. Besides we don't know what kind of pressure they may have been put under to follow the dictates of the owners or the accountants. In

Re: [drakelist] TR-4 ?????

2004-01-28 Thread Gary Poland
Dan,   Drake would modify a TR4 to a CW. A 500 hz decal was put near the switch to indicate the third position. I bought a switch and 500 hz filter a few years back and one of these days plan to do the same thing to one of my TR-4C's.     73, Gary

RE: [drakelist] TR7 Volume

2004-01-28 Thread Ron Wagner
What I have done is use an outboard Radio-Shack DSP for my audio control. It does two things, one allow me to turn the volume to "nothing", and also allows a very nice way to drop out the old tuner-uppers. I often hear net control mention the carriers, and when I turn off the DSP I hear it,

RE: [drakelist] TR7 Volume

2004-01-28 Thread Jim Shorney
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:00:04 -0500, Gerry wrote: >With regards to the audio problem, I was able to reduce it >considerably by rerouting the volume control to just ahead of the LM380 >input. The downside is it involves cutting some traces and adding jumpers. >Additionally, AM audio level is not as

RE: [drakelist] TR7 Volume

2004-01-28 Thread Gerry
The ON/OFF switch ganged with the volume control was very common at the time. I can't fault the Drake engineers for following what was common practice. Besides we don't know what kind of pressure they may have been put under to follow the dictates of the owners or the accountants. In my 34 years o

[drakelist] TR-4 ?????

2004-01-28 Thread DAN COTSIRILOS
I just got a TR-4 that has a 500 cw switch like the TR-4Cw. Was this a model just before they made the 4Cw?  Dan

[drakelist] Re: Update Drake Parts

2004-01-28 Thread Rick May
Hello All, While cleaning up my shack I came across some Drake odds and ends. I sold my last C Line a while back and have no use for these parts. All are new in the Drake plastic bags with part numbers on them. I don’t have a parts list for accurate description but most are obvious. If I am no

[drakelist] Re: Various Drake Parts

2004-01-28 Thread Rick May
Hello All, While cleaning up my shack I came across some Drake odds and ends. I sold my last C Line a while back and have no use for these parts. All are new in the Drake plastic bags with part numbers on them. I don’t have a parts list for accurate description but most are obvious. If I am no