Re: [drakelist] Drake W-4 vs Drake WV-4 Wattmeters

2008-07-20 Thread Don Cunningham
Bill, The W4 is HF only, and the WV4 is the VHF version. Both same size and appearance. 73, Don, WB5HAK

Re: [drakelist] Drake W-4 vs Drake WV-4 Wattmeters

2008-07-20 Thread john
john [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The V is the VHF model John K5MO At 10:40 AM 7/20/2008, you wrote: Hello, I have a Drake W-4 wattmeter. I just saw someone with a WV-4 wattmeter. Can

Re: [drakelist] Drake W-4 vs Drake WV-4 Wattmeters

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Gerke
Jim Gerke [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The W-4 covers HF and 6m, not just HF. The WV-4 covers 20MHz thru 200 MHz, not just VHF. Also, the power ratings are different. 2KW for the W-4 and 1KW for

Re: [drakelist] Drake W-4 vs Drake WV-4 Wattmeters

2008-07-20 Thread Don Cunningham
Don Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- My apologies to the group for my totally incorrect posting on the W4 controversy. Back to my policy of replying only to the originator, so this

[drakelist] Test message

2008-07-20 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- TEST -- 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 4-B, C-Line TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs www.k4oah.com

Re: [drakelist] Drake W-4 vs Drake WV-4 Wattmeters

2008-07-20 Thread w4pro
The WV-4 is the VHF version.

[drakelist] Once Again.....

2008-07-20 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Once again, I seem to be having trouble getting to this list... I don't know what it is, apparently everyone else can get through within a couple of

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:13:07 -0500, Jim Shorney wrote: You may recall from our previous episode, I was experiencing instability in the 7-10 MHz band of my

Re: [drakelist] Once Again.....

2008-07-20 Thread Doug Smith
Doug Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Garey, You're coming through loud and clear out here in Montana.. Your message was received here 4 minutes and 38 seconds after it was sent. 73, -Doug,

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Mike Williams
Nice work Jim; this one is going into the Drake List Items by E-mail folder ! 73 de W4DL Mike ex AK7P * WA9SWF * WN9SWF

[drakelist] TR7 PTO Frequency Stability

2008-07-20 Thread John Stringer
John Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I read somewhere that a board is available to improve PTO stability. Please tell me where I can find it! John. GI3KDR

RE: [drakelist] Once Again.....

2008-07-20 Thread John Stringer
John Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey. Also fine here in very rural Ireland! John GI3KDR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread K8AC - k8ac
K8AC - k8ac [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Jim - Just received this message via email and it appears to have come from the drakelist at zerobeat.net site, but when I go there, your message is not

[drakelist] El-Cheapo (and El-SIMPLO!) CW Filter

2008-07-20 Thread EP Swynar
Hi All, Saving --- and READING! --- past issues of old radio magazines can be certainly worth the space and effort... To-day, in the October 1970 issue of HAM RADIO (pp. 44 - 46), I stumbled upon a short piece by W4NVK entitled, The Simplest Audio Filter. And simple it is, indeed...!

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Gary Poland
Back in the day Drake suggested dropping the output to 120 watts and keeping the predriver gain below 1/2 turn. If there is any instability it always seems to be 40 meters. 73, Gary

Re: [drakelist] Cleaning Drake copper chassis

2008-07-20 Thread Gary Poland
The outside of the chassis is coated with a clear lacquer. The corrosion / rust often occurs where the lacquer coating is compromised. I always clean the rust up best I can and coat the chassis with polyurethane. I am more concerned with preventing further damage to the chassis than appearance.

Re: [drakelist] TR7 PTO Frequency Stability

2008-07-20 Thread Tom Evans, AG9X
Tom Evans, AG9X [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- John, On the website of Carel Mulder, PA0CMU are two versions of what's called a Huff Puff stabilizer circuit. The first is by Rien, PA0TRT from Feb.

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Floyd, On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:02:22 -0400, K8AC - k8ac wrote: Jim - Just received this message via email and it appears to have come from the drakelist

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:50:02 -0400, Gary Poland wrote: Back in the day Drake suggested dropping the output to 120 watts and keeping the predriver gain

RE: [drakelist] TR7 PTO Frequency Stability

2008-07-20 Thread John Stringer
John Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Tom Thank you for the prompt and helpful response. I will follow up. This drakelist really is a great resource! John GI3KDR -Original Message-

Re: [drakelist] TR7 oscillation

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Shorney
Jim Shorney [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:09:36 -0500, BSugarberg wrote: And if you have the Version 1 predriver board? I've got no expereince with that one, so I can't help

Re: [drakelist] Cleaning Drake copper chassis

2008-07-20 Thread Bill Ellis
Gary, It almost seems as if some dirt has hardened on the surface. Hard to explain. Applying simple green seems to do some clean up, but residue continues to remain. Since simple green did something, I guess I should continue to apply it. I figured the copper cleaner would be too strong, but

Re: [drakelist] Cleaning Drake copper chassis

2008-07-20 Thread Jack Dunigan
Hi, I'm new to the list but not so new to restoring old things. I've had pretty good luck with a paste made up in the kitchen. Dissolve 1 teaspoon salt in 1 cup white vinegar. Add enough flour to make a paste. Apply the paste to copper and let sit for 15 minutes to 1 hour. Rinse with clean warm

Re: [drakelist] Cleaning Drake copper chassis

2008-07-20 Thread John_Hudson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I would use Simple Green (which I know you've already tried) and/or Oxyclean which is a stain lifter but will remove many things. Of course there are other things you

Re: [drakelist] Cleaning Drake copper chassis

2008-07-20 Thread Al Parker
Al Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi Bill et al, Go to Ron's great info site, http://www.wb4hfn.com/ and you'll find a section on Drake tips. He's drasticly re-arrarnged stuff since I was

[drakelist] Reducing T-4X CW Monitor Audio Level

2008-07-20 Thread EP Swynar
Good Day All, Has anyone ever experienced problems with excessive sidetone audio of the CW signal when operating the T-4X...? I have my anti-vox / audio level control cranked fully counter-clockwise, I still find the CW sidetone volume to be excessive for my ears. Is the only fix a larger