Re: [Drakelist] 2B for CW

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] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared

I have a friend that has had Ten Tec equipment since the 1970s and I would agree completely with Garey's "word in the Ham community". Every one of his rigs has spent a lot of ground time (truck time) going to Tennessee and back. It's also true about the

[Drakelist] Drake C line

Something strange here. On band 3.5 XMTR gain at 9 o'clock...in tune position It shows .3 amp in SEPARATE position, .3 amp in RCVR position, but only .2 amp in XMTR position. RF Tune is peaked on XMTR and Preselector is peaked on RCVR. What am I missing here?

Re: [Drakelist] Drake C line

cables. Bob W5GU On 5/27/11 12:23 PM, Garey Barrell wrote: Bob - Sounds like a non-problem to me. First off, 'typical' GAIN setting in TUNE is 10 - 11 O'clock where the ALC takes control, so you're 'starving' one or more

Re: [Drakelist] Upgrade/Maintenance On All Email Accounts.

My gmail messages show up in Thunderbird. But I had 11 messages that showed as unread that I couldn't find. I finally found them on the gmail account showing them as Drakelist messages and saw they were spam. But I still show 11 messages unread in

[Drakelist] Turkey Gravy Thickens

Happy Thanksgiving to the Drakelist! Go Cowboys! From Bob in NM, home of the Big Bird, (in my oven). Hi hi. ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net

Re: [Drakelist] Something for the 2B rivet counters

I have #2277 Drake 2B and it does not have the red button either. It has the 8BN8 tube. 73, Bob W5GU On 8/18/10 1:49 PM, Garey Barrell wrote: Paul - Hm... The FIRST 2-A schematic is 1001, and the 2-A did NOT have the button on the dial. The first 2-B schematic I've been able

[Drakelist] Crystals

The transmitter...T-4XC The culprit...80 meter crystal. The transmitted frequency on 80 is 10-11 kHz lower than it should be compared to the crystals on the other bands. Are there trimmers that adjust the crystal frequencies? Thanks, Bob W5GU

Re: [Drakelist] Crystals

Thanks Garey, I'm using a 2B to receive with so I'll have to get a replacement when I can't stand it any longer. Bob, W5GU On 7/16/10 2:34 PM, Garey Barrell wrote: Bob - Nope, no adjustment. Doubtful that a reasonable adjustment range would pull that in anyway! :-) Bob - You could