Re: [Drakelist] is Drake closing?

  Bill Thanks for the information. I understand and to a limited extent followed the changes at Drake during the past decades. I got onto ham radio in 1975 as a Novice and purchased my first new rig then, a TR4C. Later I picked up an L7 new in 1979 and over the years I've picked up a number of

Re: [Drakelist] Drakelist Digest, Vol 50, Issue 14

Bill, Nice to see you are still alive, active and giving great information as usual ... ;-) oh, how we wish R.L. Drake was still there as it was ... you guys are missed. 73, Michael NZ4D -- Forwarded message -- From: Bill Frost wd8...@yahoo.com To:

[Drakelist] R4C SSB Leakage

Hi Group I have written previously about my R4C having signal leakage in the SSB mode only affecting the PBT control and S-meter levels. Someone suggested that the 4NB was causing the leakage so I removed the 4NB and put some wire jumpers as I didn't have a 4NB plug, no change. However I

Re: [Drakelist] R4C SSB Leakage

Bill, Are the levels what they ought to be through the signal chain? A poor solder joint that reduced normal signal levels could cause the relative strength of leakage to rise. Another possibility is that someone fixed something and the receiver is now miswired. 73, AD3K From:

[Drakelist] FS R4C Crystals 173 total crystals

I have 173 crystals for the R4C radio. All but 6 or 7 crystals had drifted over 5 khz. The rest had drifted 2,3 or 4 khz. No dead crystals. I no longer have any Drake equipment sorry to say. Rather than sell these crystals off piece by piece I would take offers on the whole lot. I will

Re: [Drakelist] is Drake closing?

Bill Just curious (in your opinion perhaps)was Drake purchased as an investment by B-T or just to get the name and get them out of the competitive way?? Maybe this is the way of business, but it would seem a bit expensive to buy them out just to put them out of business?? So I suppose my