Re: [drakelist] Dial Lights

2008-03-30 Thread Dave White
"Dave White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thanks for making that clarification on the part number, Bob. I also have the blue LEDs from D.A. Buska, but I prefer the Mode white bulbs with the st

[drakelist] MN-2000 on 160M

2008-03-30 Thread Dave White
"Dave White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Has anyone enhanced the MN-2000 for use on 160M? I think I need more inductance in the matching coil - and maybe more capacitance on the reactive tuni

[drakelist] Need R4B ON-Off switch

2008-03-30 Thread Lew (K1NDV)
Trying to finish up my R4B. Previous owner removed the on-off switch BUT took the mounting wafer off as well. Anyone have one out of a junker? Have Pay Pal or cash. Thanks-Lew K1NDV

Re: [drakelist] Dial Lights

2008-03-30 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I find it hard to beat the #755 bulb from CM and many others. It's the same bulb as the original #47, 6.3V @150 mA, just with an expected lifetime of

Re: [drakelist] Need R4B ON-Off switch

2008-03-30 Thread Don Cunningham
Lew, If you don't find what you need from a "donor rig", get in touch with me direct in a week or so. I am replacing the function switch mechanism in my R4C, and will have the parts you need, I think, left over. All that will be missing from this one is the "detent spring" or whatever makes th

[drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- After having my current antenna removed due to a proposed house addition, I am ready to Install another antenna, but would like for it to be a "optimum an

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, Sounds like a 160meter inverted L might be an option. BUT, you could start by visiting a website of an antenna guru, specifically, W4RNL, or buying his books av

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, For an all band antenna I suggest a dipole or inverted vee fed with 450 line. With a tuner and 4:1 balun you can have an antenna that will tune

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread George Bennett
"George Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Karl I have been using a Carolina Windom, that I bought from Radio Works (they are on the internet), with a tuner and have been very happy. I

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Bent
"Peter Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Been very happy with my G5RV... still am experimenting, nevertheless. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread sebdesn
"sebdesn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- As others said, "inverted "L". I don't have an amp, but I have one about 45' vertical and 80' horiz. I use a SGC 230 auto tuner at the base and it tunes 16

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Don
"Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Standard size house lot? a flag pole at each corner, put up a loop, feed it with 450 ladder and a good tuner. The antenna you are asking for is the 'holy

[drakelist] Dayton anyone?

2008-03-30 Thread VE3ES
VE3ES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Any word on the Drake forum at Dayton this year? Is there to be one? I see that the ARRL is expanding their Expo into what was the forum space that we used t

Re: [drakelist] OA2 / OB2 failure modes

2008-03-30 Thread Chuck Grandgent
"Chuck Grandgent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Wow. In this case I'm suspecting that the tube itself had problems, as the "new" one behaves much different. However, I will certainly check R100,

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Don Cunningham
"Don Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, You will get as many answers to your query as there are amateurs on the reflector, hi hi. Knowing which band is MOST important would be helpf

[drakelist] Drake Technical Net

2008-03-30 Thread Mark Pilant
Mark Pilant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Just a question about the time. The WB4HFN Drake home page says the time is 3:00 EST. I listened at 3:00 EDT and didn't hear anything. So the question

Re: [drakelist] Drake Technical Net

2008-03-30 Thread Chuck Grandgent
"Chuck Grandgent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- It WAS 3PM, but now it's 4PM EDT. Chuck, K1OM On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Mark Pilant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Pilant <[EMAIL PR

RE: [drakelist] Drake Technical Net

2008-03-30 Thread Ron Baker
"Ron Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Mark, the net is always at 2000Z, for eastern time zone it changes between 4PM during the summer and 3PM during the winter. For the record the WB4H

Re: [drakelist] Drake Technical Net

2008-03-30 Thread Mark Pilant
Mark Pilant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Chuck. > It WAS 3PM, but now it's > 4PM EDT. It figures :-P At least I had the right day. For most of the day I've been going around thinking it wa

Re: [drakelist] Drake Technical Net

2008-03-30 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Mark, The time is always 2000Z but with the poor propagation you may or may not hear us. 73, Gary W8PU http://home.cinci.rr.com/w8pu ---

[drakelist] TR-6 Bias/"hangup" Problem

2008-03-30 Thread R. Michael West
Hi Group: I realize there aren't too many TR-6 users out there, but I hope that someone on the list may have encountered these problems with their TR-4 series rig, and the solution hopefully will be the same for the TR-6. The problem first began with the transmitter "hanging up" for 1/2 second

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread neil
neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Another sort of intangible issue has to do with the ground conductivity in your area, especially with vertical antennas, but probably with others as well. For e

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Neil, that is going to be one of my problems specially if I use a vertical as the ground here is Dolomite (rock), when we moved here I noticed on the maps

Re: [drakelist] Dayton anyone?

2008-03-30 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bill, The Drake Forum is Friday, from 230 to 345. However, the Forum schedule has not been finalized so the three days might be subject to change. Hope to meet you

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a hillside lot here that is on the smallish side. I once tried a Hustler vertical up on a 30 foot mast on the rooftop. I used some slotted PVC p

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bud, thank you very much for your comment. I like the invisableness of your antenna design, something that is very important and what is a major thing to

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Gary, thank you very much for your comment. Actually, before my antenna came down I was using a dipole fed with 450 ohm line into an MFJ antenna tuner but

[drakelist] RE: Drake Receiver

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Bent
"Peter Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi, Wanted to let the group have first crack at it... I am putting up my working Drake R-4c for sale. I hate to do it, but I am not using it and

Re: [drakelist] Need R4B ON-Off switch

2008-03-30 Thread Lew (K1NDV)
Hi Don, I have a new on-off switch but missing the mount wafer I.e. The previous owner removed the switch and mount altogether. I think my function switch is fine otherwise so if you remove yours, I think it would cure my problem. I want to run the R4B with a 2NT soon-hi! Thanks and 73 Lew K1NDV

[drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, One of my previous QTH's in town had a very small lot. I installed a 10 ft mast on the eave of my cape house style house and installed an inver