Re: [Drakelist] Distortion of T-4XB SSB

Change mikes first; that's easy and non-invasive, and often a cause...also, look at the possibility of overdriving. Is the CW signal clean? If the aforementioned are good, then it's somewhere in the audio/ssb circuits, which admittedly is a large area... Guy On 2/21/2014 4:33 PM, Richard

Re: [Drakelist] On...or off?

So do you just put one of these devices in series with the hot line of the AC mains? Guy, WA6OQQ On 9/9/2011 9:06 PM, Jim Shorney wrote: On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:44:35 -0500, Don Cunningham wrote: I am trying a thermistor from Mouser on my 516F2 power supply for the KWM2A at the suggestion of a

Re: [Drakelist] You just know I'm not going to have any hair left...

Reminds me of a time I was too cheap to replace an intermittent board in a garage door opener...I took it apart...took it to my office (I'm a dentist...) and studied the solder connections under my operating microscope...found a hairline crack...soldered it...no more intermittent!!!...Moral?

[drakelist] Re: Lubricants and plastics...

I wish we had a engineering materials person who could comment on thisbut I do have one experience I think should be sharedin addition to restoring Heathkits, Collins and Drake radios, I occasionally work on my 1976 911S Porscheone of the bugaboos is the pedal assemblyit has

[drakelist] Re:AC-3 power supply...unknown mods?

Dear Drake list members, I'm a bit new to Drake radios, and recently purchased a B-line, with an AC-3...after reading the scary stories about bias supply failures, I decided to recap the power supply prior to powering up the transmitter... before recapping I did a little looking...I found

Re: [drakelist] Knurled screw for J-38 Key

I know this might sound overly simple, but if you go to a hardware store that has lamp parts in the "cardboard drawers", you might find it. I found a knurled connector nut for my 1930's Signal key, and I was amazed...right there in the hardware store Guy, WA6OQQ James B Davis wrote:

Re: [drakelist] looking for Tony...

Thanks for the info everyone...just wonder where I got the erroneous [EMAIL PROTECTED] from. That's probably what made the emails bounce... Guy, WA6OQQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang

[drakelist] Front panels....T4x vs T4B

Guy Giacopuzzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Hello, everyone, I'm WA6OQQ, in SoCal, and I'm new to the list. Just bought a TX4 that needs a fresh panel, but I noticed that the panel fellow