Re: [Drakelist] Refurbishing a 'new to me' TR-3

2009-11-17 Thread Jose V. Gavila
Hello! Sorry for this late entry. I did some work on a TR-3 some time ago and documented it in my WEB at: http://jvgavila.com/tr3.htm Perhaps you can get some ideas from what I did. Regards, JOSE (VERY busy with my new shack project: http://jvgavila.com/shack20.htm ) -- 73 EB5AGV - JOSE V. G

[Drakelist] serial letters

2009-11-17 Thread AirRadio
Just something puzzling me, what is the significance of the end of serial letters R, B and G, etc? 73 Max -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2087 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http

Re: [Drakelist] Refurbishing a 'new to me' TR-3

2009-11-17 Thread AD5VJ Bob
ok sounds good, thanks for the headsup. I found a really nice source for the tube data here: http://tubedata.milbert.com/sheets11.html If anyone knows of or has a PDF with all the tubes in it please let me know where to find it. In the mean time I have downloaded the individuals from the above l

Re: [Drakelist] Refurbishing a 'new to me' TR-3

2009-11-17 Thread Garey Barrell
Ron - The switches are / were silver plated. Partly because of a very damaging article that is circulating, some attack these switches with "silver cleaner", which, whether abrasive OR chemical work by removing silver molecules. I have seen several otherwise excellent receivers destroyed an

Re: [Drakelist] DRAKE 2B MANUAL

2009-11-17 Thread Garey Barrell
My CD has a full, hi-resolution scan of the original manual, along with hi-resolution color photographs of the receiver with all parts identified. See info at 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 4-B, C-Line& TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs Clarence Lozano wrote: HELLO TO EVERONE ON

Re: [Drakelist] R4B Double Trouble

2009-11-17 Thread Garey Barrell
Bill - TP3 is on the calibrator board, which they direct you to Figure 13 to find the _board_ . TP-3 is actually on the foil side OF the calibrator board and is "sorta" identified on page 24 of the manual. VERY tiny print! The object is to pick off the 50 kHz signal (between the two fli

[Drakelist] DRAKE R4

2009-11-17 Thread Clarence Lozano
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[Drakelist] DRAKE R4

2009-11-17 Thread Clarence Lozano
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[Drakelist] DRAKE 2B MANUAL

2009-11-17 Thread Clarence Lozano
HELLO TO EVERONE ON DRAKE LIST.I NEED TO BUY A MAUAL FOR MY DRAKE 2B___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[Drakelist] R4B Double Trouble

2009-11-17 Thread Bill & Becky Marvin
Hi Group My name is Bill KB9IV. I'm having a heck of a time with my now refurbish R4B . After I replace most major caps and electrolytic I found the T8 Notch assembly had a shorted cable to 145 VDC! I bought a used T8 with cablesgreat success. The R4B had now superb receive although

Re: [Drakelist] Refurbishing a 'new to me' TR-3

2009-11-17 Thread Ron
It has been a while since I had my TR3, but I was fairly sure that the band switches were silver plated. The black "soot" is silver tarnish (still a great conductor). I think the copper color would indicated you destroyed/removed the thin silver plating. Is anyone on the list aware of the TR3

Re: [Drakelist] TR-3 MIC

2009-11-17 Thread AD5VJ Bob
I just acquired another TR-3 with external VFO and power supply this time and it is extremely good condition and works perfectly. This encouraged me to try the old power supply from the one I am refurnishing to power up the new serial number 6985. The power supply works as it does power up the

Re: [Drakelist] TR-3 MIC

2009-11-17 Thread Charles Cassidy
The old military series (which number I forget) is perfect, but some sellers seem to think that brass is really solid gold when it comes to pricing. chuck, AC7GZ AD5VJ Bob wrote: I did find the proper connector here last night. http://www.newark.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=98F7746&CMP=KN

Re: [Drakelist] TR-3 MIC

2009-11-17 Thread AD5VJ Bob
I did find the proper connector here last night. http://www.newark.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=98F7746&CMP=KNC-G1675&HBX_OU=50&HBX_PK=SWITCHCRAFT+S230 Downloaded the Data Sheet and the measurements are exactly correct. Bob AD5VJ > -Original Message- > From: drakelist-boun...@zer

Re: [Drakelist] TR-3 MIC

2009-11-17 Thread john
At 11:42 PM 11/16/2009, Robert Ladden wrote: I should add the the mic connector is a .206" 3 conductor, not a 1/4 inch s= tereo plug. I remember the Swithcraft 230. 73, Bob WW3QB Bob makes a good point. Many of these seem to have been changed back to 1/4" so make a test before you buy. J