Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Dan Ringer
Dan Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On 4 Jul 2008 at 7:35, EP Swynar wrote: Hi Dan, Sounds like ...sound advice (pun intended!) to me... I shall do exactly that, probably later to-day.

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Gary Poland
I believe the amplifier in the D-104 was to allow the mic to be used with radios with low impedance mic inputs, one mic fits all. The amp had a lot of gain. I think the CB'ers just cashed in on that fact which made the D-104 popular with them ... disable the ALC, crank the mic gain up, grab a

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:44:50 -0400, Dan Ringer wrote: Amplified microphones became popular in the late 70's and early 80's, concurrent with, and perhaps

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:02:59 -0400, Gary Poland wrote: I believe the amplifier in the D-104 was to allow the mic to be used with radios with low impedance

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Mike Williams
The D 104 I use currently works well with the 4 C line and the TR-7. Like the other guys, I rewired the mic and bypassed the preamp in the base of the stand. The reports are usually better than the Shure 444. 73 de W4DL Mike ex AK7P * WA9SWF * WN9SWF

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Eddy - The mic amplifier came about primarily because of the solid-state transmitter. The D-104 and other similar mic's were designed to drive very

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Gary Poland
Guess we think alike huh? HI HI

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread RLucch2098
Hi All; From what I have seen know of, the Astatic G push-to-talk stand was un-amplified. The T-UG8 PTT Stand was amplified but for hi-Z inputs. The T-UG9 PTT stand was amplified and universal, Hi-Z es Lo-Z. All stands could be mounted with a D-104 Xtal hi-z crystal mike head or a 10D dynamic

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Most of the Motorola radios I worked on in the factory and in field service had amplified mics, including the the Mocat CB radios. I tend to use the

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:06:54 -0500, Steve Berg wrote: I also have good results with the Shure 444 mics, and those have a switch on the bottom to set the

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:47:23 -0400, Gary Poland wrote: Guess we think alike huh? HI HI Great minds.

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Seems to be a consensus :-) 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 4-B, C-Line TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs www.k4oah.com Gary Poland

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:48:09 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The T-UG8 PTT Stand was amplified but for hi-Z inputs. The T-UG9 PTT stand was amplified and

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread LeeCraner
Has anyone else noticed the irony of a thread titled Drake Twins on CW turning to a discussion of microphones? 73 es a happy 4th to all! Lee WB6SSW ** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars.

[drakelist] Question

2008-07-04 Thread Richard Bell
I have the venerable B Line running an I'm hearing about nothing on 20 except for a couple of QSO's around 14.051. Last weekend you couldn't find a vacant spot on 20 (I know Filed Day). So where is everyone? W5BXE (unamplified mikes only)

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hey, those keys and bugs need to cool off now and then. Steve WA9JML [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else noticed the irony of a thread titled Drake

Re: [drakelist] Question

2008-07-04 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:54:29 -0500, Richard Bell wrote: So where is everyone? Discussing microphones on the internet. -Jim

Re: [drakelist] Question

2008-07-04 Thread Mike Bryce
Resting up from last weekend! Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ J e e p o|||o Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced On Jul 4, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Richard

Re: [drakelist] Question

2008-07-04 Thread ron
ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Richard Bell wrote: I have the venerable B Line running an I’m hearing about nothing on 20 except for a couple of QSO’s around 14.051. Last weekend you couldn’t

Re: [drakelist] RE: T4X-B, R4-B, L4B For SAle

2008-07-04 Thread yash
Jim ?have the twins been around smoke? thanks dale wt4t -Original Message- From: w4pro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:08 am Subject: [drakelist] RE: T4X-B, R4-B, L4B For SAle I recently bought out an inactive ham who had an all Drake station,

Re: [drakelist] Question

2008-07-04 Thread Mike Bryce
I don't own a toyota never had... never willl Mike, WB8VGE SunLight Energy Systems The Heathkit Shop http://www.theheathkitshop.com/ J e e p o|||o Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced On Jul 4, 2008,

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread EP Swynar
EP Swynar [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Gang, Well, I guess I'm down to having to check the resistances voltages of the different parts of the tubes in audio chain of the T-4X transmitter...

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Does the transmitter work in TUNE mode? 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 4-B, C-Line TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs www.k4oah.com EP

[drakelist] Drake L-4 Power Supply with 6-Terminal Primary

2008-07-04 Thread Jeff Weinberg W8CQ
Jeff Weinberg W8CQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hello All, Does anyone have a schematic of the older L-4 power supply with the 6-terminal primary? If they have one, is it possible to send me a

Re: [drakelist] Drake L-4 Power Supply with 6-Terminal Primary

2008-07-04 Thread Jeff Weinberg W8CQ
Jeff Weinberg W8CQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Garey, Thanks for the note and schematic, but that is the 7-terminal primary. Some L-4 amps had a power supply that had a 6-terminal primary and

[drakelist] wtb: R4B

2008-07-04 Thread Lew (K1NDV)
Looking for decent R4B for a friend. He just went through mine and liked it very much and now wants one so I am trying to find him one. Receiver don't need be perfect as long as its intact and the transformer is good. He can fix them nicely.Please reply direct and Thanks! Lew K1NDV

Re: [drakelist] Drake L-4 Power Supply with 6-Terminal Primary

2008-07-04 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Sheesh. Never could count... That is from the L-4 Manual with the red cover. I guess the red covers are the reprints. With six terminals I

Re: [drakelist] Drake Twins On CW

2008-07-04 Thread john
john [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Eddy, Does the microphone work (check output with a scope) John K5MO -- Submissions: