Re: [drakelist] DRAKE R-4C restoration - S-meter may be not deflecting sufficiently

2004-11-04 Thread Rocco Lardiere
Steve, I assume you have performed an alignment per the manual. If you have, you might try repeating it just to be certain. The noise blanker will affect gain (if well aligned, it may actually increase the gain a bit - if not, try taking it out of line). If you still have the problem:

Re: [drakelist] R-$C

2004-05-20 Thread Rocco Lardiere
I saw a decent R4-C at the TRW swap meet a month ago for $325. I passed - I have two already. There were no other takers when I left. $800 is nuts, unless possibly it is new, sealed in the original box, has a crate full of extra filters, and was previously owned by some famous starlet from

Re: [drakelist] R-4B Passband tuning alignment

2004-01-24 Thread Rocco Lardiere
Chris, The little springs tend to slip a bit; you think you are moving the drive shaft and slug, but you are only moving the spring. Try a small, stongalligator clipinserted from the rear of the receiver- this is much easier to adjust than pliers. Try to clamp back on the shaft to prevent

Re: [drakelist] T-4XB AM question

2003-11-05 Thread Rocco Lardiere
Gerry, I use my IC 756 as a cheapie spectrum analyzer on a regular basis. It has proved to be reasonably reliable and accurate, using a piece of wire on a coax center pin as a sniffer. It also works to accurately align local oscillators, etc. I have never seen it introduce or display oddball,

Re: [drakelist] Question about acting up TR-7

2003-09-06 Thread Rocco Lardiere
to be carefully maintained. 73, Rocco N6KN - Original Message - From: Bill Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:43 AM Subject: [drakelist] Question about acting up TR-7 -Original Message- From: Rocco Lardiere[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Todd