[Drakelist] SW-4, SW-4a

2011-02-15 Thread Neil M Califano
What is the selectivity on the SW-4 and SW-4a? Are they exactly the same radio, because they seem to be? ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[Drakelist] Drake 2B anomaly

2011-02-15 Thread Schichler, Alfred (GE Energy Services)
I have a Drake 2B that I refurbished and re-aligned a few months ago, and it plays pretty well on all bands. The only thing that seems a little strange is when the passband control is set to "1", and the preselector is off-tuned or if there is no antenna connected (low atmospheric noise), it so

Re: [Drakelist] R4B No Standby or Mute

2011-02-15 Thread Garey Barrell
Paul - Same result if you unplug the MUTE cable at the receiver? FAST and/or SLOW the same? Possibly bad V1, V4 or V5, unplug one at a time. Does S-Meter go up to full scale? Voltage at TP-2? 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line and TR-4/C Service Supp

[Drakelist] R4B No Standby or Mute

2011-02-15 Thread Paul Gerhardt
My B-line has been working but today that after hooking it back up (was working on a TR-4) I noticed that the R-4b was not muting or going into Standby. In standby or ext mute (w/o short in RCA Mute)audio is distorted RF Gain only raises S Meter to 20 over or so. Something seems to have changed s

[Drakelist] X2.2 flare, from 1158, earth facing

2011-02-15 Thread
14feb, 0156 UTC, X 2.2 from 1158: has been active. 14 Feb 10 C class, 1 M 6.6, 1 X 2.2 with R-3 Radio Blackout. Should get some Northern Lights out of this one! Last X 2006... 73's ken AB1JZ _ Netscape. Just the Net You Need.