[drakelist] TR7 40 meter testing

"Jim Shorney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- My TR7 got put through a nice 40 meter workout tonight by virtue of an impromptu special event station operation for our radio club. I spent about 3.5

[drakelist] ac-3 or ac-4 power supply

Hi, I'm restoring a Drake TR-3 and need a power supply. Anyone have one they would sell? Jack Dunigan (License in process)

Re: [drakelist] VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Darrell Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I received a personal email from Bill Frost, the Service Manager for Drake for the last 40+ years. He offered this information, reprinted here with h

Re: [drakelist] Re: VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Do a google on "lps 1". I get it locally from a friend who has a shop. It is widely available. Not sure what it is, but has done very well by me. Based

Re: [drakelist] Re: VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

"Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Plastics are petroleum based, as are most lubricants. I am thinking that may be why they react with each other, and why lithium and such is usaully recomme

[drakelist] First Steps

Jason Bonnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hello all, I have been watching the list-serv for about a month now and I have a question for all that can help. I have been an amateur radio operator

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

Hi Chuck, Take it up with W4NVK --- I was quoting the results he attained from the article that HE wrote, NOT yours truly! Hi Hi. ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ *** - Original Message - From: Chuck Grandgent To: d

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

Bah, my apologies to the list, it works out on the nose, sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Chuck, K1OM On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Chuck Grandgent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > never mind, I had 88uH instead of mH. But that still gives 1200Hz, not > 380... >Chuck, K1OM > > > On Sat, Ju

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

never mind, I had 88uH instead of mH. But that still gives 1200Hz, not 380... Chuck, K1OM On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Chuck Grandgent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what am I doing wrong ? > 1/(2*pi * square root of (LC)) (from memory), with those values I get > 12000hz > >Chuck, K1OM

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

what am I doing wrong ? 1/(2*pi * square root of (LC)) (from memory), with those values I get 12000hz Chuck, K1OM On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:25 PM, EP Swynar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Saving --- and READING! --- past issues of old radio magazines can be > certainly worth the sp

[drakelist] Drake MN-4 & MN-2000

My new MN-2000 came with the spec sheet for the MN-4 and MN-2000, it is in mint condition along with the origianal manual.   If anyone wants me to scan the spec sheet and send it I would be glad to!   73 Bill K9BUB

[drakelist] Drakelist Archive

Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Someone mentioned the other day that the "NEW" Drakelist Archive at only went back to the beginn

Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000

Yes, that probably is rare. I am seeing a couple of "radio shop sellouts" from older hams that had stores, so that might be where it came from, and a friend of mine bought a BRAND NEW C Line, still in sealed boxes, a few years ago at a tailgate hamfest, so it is possible, and rare, hi. Good lu

RE: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

Nye Lube is generally considered the gold standard for military illumination tools (weapon mounted lights, search and rescue etc). They have a compatibility chart on their website that might be of some interest here. http://www.nyelubricants.com/literature/engineering_pdf/Engineering_Ref_Char

Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000

Oh I forgot, What I was asking was is it rare to find an MN2000 Brand new never used with all original documentation ? --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Don Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Don Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000 To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Date: Sa

Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000

Don,   Yes, I will be using it with my new L4B and my "C" twins as soon as they show up   Thanks!   73 Bill K9BUB --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Don Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Don Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000 To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Date: Saturday

Re: [drakelist] Re: VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

"Don Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Ron, Is this "LPSI" lubricant readily available?? I don't remember seeing it, but wasn't really looking either, hi. I have the front panel off my R

Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000

MN2000's are not really rare, but nice tuners nonetheless. If you are using the L4B or L7 amps, I would place it after the amp. It not only improves SWR to the gear, and you want your amp to run effeciently, but it provides increased TVI filtering and your neighbors might appreciate that, hi.

Re: [drakelist] Drake MN2000

Not really, They are out there. I have 3 myself. 73, ] John, W4AWM **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr000520)

Re: [drakelist] Re: VA7TO 2-B: Lubricants?

Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- The product you mention is, as best I can tell, lanolin from sheep. I use it on my lawn mower deck and a couple other places. Have never used on delicat

[drakelist] Drake MN2000

Hello everyone,   I just bought a brand new MN2000 with everything except the original box ([EMAIL PROTECTED])   Is this a rare find?   Now, to hook it up. Does the MN2000 go before the amp so the SWR going into the amp is low? or from the amp to the MN2000?   Thanks in advance for your help!  

Re: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

Be extremely careful using graphite, either in powder or spray form, around electronics. It is a conductor and can cause all kinds of grief it it splatters. 73, John, W4AWM **Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http:

RE: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

I'm not an engineering person, but I know that the common recommendation for the nylon gears in motorcycle instrument assemblies is either white lithium grease, silicon grease (plumbers grease from home depot) and graphite (those little tubes you use for lubing locks). Been using them for years and

Re: [drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

I really don't know what we are worried about with the nylon gears. If the gears were spinning the whole time the radio is on, I'm sure the designers would have taken that into account and made them brass or something needing lubing. As it is, these gears only function to show the change in fr

[drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

I wish we had a engineering materials person who could comment on thisbut I do have one experience I think should be sharedin addition to restoring Heathkits, Collins and Drake radios, I occasionally work on my 1976 911S Porscheone of the bugaboos is the pedal assemblyit has n