Re: [drakelist] FS: Drake 2-B; R4, R4A, R4B, R4C

Is the 2B still for sale? Earle KC2ODV At 04:25 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: For Sale: Drake 2-B; good condition, works well. Comes with calibrator. $200 plus split shipping within US. Also, I have a R4, R4A, R4B,and R4C that are now suplus to me and have been a part of my collection of Drake

[drakelist] apology

I want to apologize for responding to a question about an item for sale through the list. I did not notice the address was back to the list. Best to all, George WB6YEC

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Don - Your 2-B is Version 2, (change at s/n 6290,) and has one more resistor and one more capacitor than Darrell's! Both changes are in the BIAS / AVC

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Darrell - Yes, the 6EA8 is a direct replacement. As most know, a tube tester is at best a rough check of a tube's operation, especially in RF use.

Re: [drakelist] apology

Al Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hi George, you don't have to apologize, it's an unhandy feature that's different than most lists and hard to remember. 73, Al, W8UT - Original

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey, My 2-B does indeed have the earlier circuit and does not have the double pole switch. I am wondering how difficult it will be to find a

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey, Are there any more changes that Drake made to the 2-B during it's production? Darrell On Thursday 24 July 2008 07:41, Garey Barrell wrote:

[drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Hum Mod?

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Has anyone done the BB Technical Services Hum modification on their 2-B? The mod replaces R56 with a jumper and adds extra capacitance to C70. This

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Darrell - There are a few changes between the two versions. Comp. s/n 3001 s/n 6290 Loc. C34 N/A 0.005 uF V2

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Hum Mod?

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I've not tried it, but there is a reason for R56 being there. The resistor and capacitor C70C are there to provide DECOUPLING between the audio and

RE: [drakelist] apology

George Runyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thanks AL! 73's, George WB6YEC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Parker Sent: Thursday, July

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thanks Garey! You are a wealth of information. The schematic that came with my 2-B manual is yet a different version from the two schematics on your

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Darrell - Wow! A new version. That would be the correct schematic for your receiver. If you can scan that schematic I'd love to have a copy to add

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Garey has confirmed that the schematic that came with my 2-B manual is the proper manual that came with the 2-B from the factory. My schematic is

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- All except R65 and C80 are related to AVC attack and decay times. Drake didn't change them because they got a buy on surplus parts! :-) None of them

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Restoration Project Part 1

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- That is precisely what I was wondering. Was it an improvement to the receiver or just a cost savings or ease of production measure. On Thursday 24

Re: [drakelist] New List Archive Address

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Thom, I am having trouble with the new archive address. If I search for preselector at the new address

[drakelist] Re: VA7TO 2-B: Drake 2-B Project Part 1

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Darrell - The mod has replaced the 6X4 rectifier tube with solid state diodes. The tube is serving no purpose and can be left out. Most likely the

Re: [drakelist] New List Archive Address

Garey Barrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Darrell - I just noticed the other day that the OLD archive stopped updating on June 2, 2008. I mentioned to Thom and he said he wasn't aware and would

[drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- What lubricants do you use for the ball bearings, sleeve bearings, and other moving parts. I see in the archives that lithium grease is popular and