[Drakelist] 2B for CW

2014-02-14 Thread lane denune
 Hi Drakelist Gang ; Got a really sweet 2B receiver from a Drake List contributor a couple of weeks ago. What a great little rig! Not much to look at, never made a matching transmitter to go with it, but the 2BQ is a really nice addition to it's performance. The 2B's really can dig out the

Re: [Drakelist] 2B for CW

2014-02-14 Thread Bob W5GU
I understood she didn't use any TR switch. This is from 1962. http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeAds/Drake_QST_0462.htm Bob W5GU On 2/14/14 2:22 PM, lane denune wrote: Hi Drakelist Gang ; Got a really sweet 2B receiver from a Drake List contributor a couple of weeks ago. What a great little

Re: [Drakelist] R-4C Sherwood mods

2014-02-14 Thread Charles Ring
Certainly, find and fix the noise before doing any mods. 73 de W3NU On 2/14/2014 0208, Adriano wrote: John I'm not a technician but i'll suggest to check what's wrong ( common tube stuff such as power supply caps, rotary switches and tube sockets cleaning etc etc ) before any mod . I've

Re: [Drakelist] 2B for CW

2014-02-14 Thread Roger VE7LB
Hi All, I looked at an enlarged version of the Ad below. Both of the boxes, located on either side of the 2B, look similar to (but not exactly like) my BK 381 Electronic T-R switch. A BW T-R switch could easily do 60 WPM as there is no relay to slow it down. The one on the left appears to have an