On Jan 1, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
Hi Garey,
Yes, a VERY good point, indeed! Thanks for adding that PS...
It never ceases to amaze me, whenever I'm looking for possible
subs in my books like that here, at just how many tubes seem to be
so very much alike---yet they have
On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Ron wrote:
I sold my incomplete set of HR mags when I purchased the entire PDF
collection. The PDF of the page that the dial is on is not that
great. OTOH you might be able to use it for a starting point to do
image restoration and enhancement.
Which
On Dec 21, 2011, at 8:15 AM, Jim Shorney wrote:
Cord marker, as on the interconnect cables for the twins? I don't
know if he
can do anything that small. His company started out doing traffic
signs and
stuff.
I have a Brother P-Touch label maker. This is a small handheld device
that
On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:01 PM, sebdesnCC wrote:
Tom, I got one as well, It had a drakelist
address on it but fortunately Norton got it and put it in the spam
folder,How does it get the drakelist address on it and then to the
list??, sorry if that is a dumb question…
The infected computer
On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Steve Wedge wrote:
My first scan of this board has revealed to me that much of it is
the power supply for the entire receiver. I'm wondering just how
much ALC circuitry is on the same board. If many of those 18 or so
26 AWG wires are just powering other
On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Steve Wedge wrote:
TNX to all for responding - this is my first SPR-4, so all comments
are welcome!
Here's the actual quote, from page 19 of the manual:
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN NOT TO DISTURB THE LEAD
DRESS IN THE SPR-4 SINCE THIS. IS CRITICAL IN
SEVERAL
I'm selling the following radios in ISRAEL. It is impossible to for me
to ship them, so before you make an offer on them, you need to arrange
for someone to collect them in Jerusalem and ship them to you. Payment
is in cash/paypal when picked up.
The radios are in good condition but may
On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Steve Wedge wrote:
I was quite fortunate, Evan, in that I was working over the granite
countertop of my kitchen island. I heard them hit and knew
immediately (after issuing a few expletives). I'm lucky they didn't
go bouncing and then rolling onto the floor.
On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:58 AM, John Brown wrote:
Probably need two antennas, two receivers and a multiplexer that can
switch between either receiver as the signal on each antenna fades
in and out. It was called Diversity Reception and was used for
commercial RRTY (among others uses)in order
Eddy,
This does NOT seem right to me, and leads me to suspect---in my
case, anyway---that another complete tear-down of the PTO works is
in my future, to be followed by a THOROUGH cleansing of everything
in sight that moves with a wash of isopropyl rubbing alcohol Q-
tips...no guarantees
On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Don Cunningham wrote:
I notice that no one has really answered your question. For my
listening enjoyment, I like the ranges 5.5 to 6.0, 6.0 to 6.5, 9.0
to 9.5, 9.5 to 10, 11.5 to 12, 15.0 to 15.5 and 17.5 to 18. If
that's to many crystals, the grouping
On Jul 20, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Neil M Califano wrote:
The power consumption of the R4a is 60 watts and I'd like to run the
radio off my 12 volt car cigarette lighter using a 130 watt PSW
inverter. I think the fuse is 10 amps. So 12.5 volts x 10 amps=125
watts. But I heard of fuses blowing
On Jun 23, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
One other thing, the blue filters in the dials were not the correct gel.
When dimmed the dials became unreadable and were pretty dim even with the
dial lamps at full brightness. I took the filters out and will eventually
replace them
On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:05 PM, rhule...@comcast.net wrote:
Dial light for the 509 no longer available from any source.
Huh? The dial light is just two grain of wheat bulbs in series that
glow a dull red with 12 volts, and slightly brighter on 13.8v. You
could replace them with anything
On Jun 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Darrell Bellerive wrote:
In the 70's Ten-Tec had the Tritons, and early Omni's, with the
Corsairs
in the early 80's.
Before the Corsairs, with the Tritons, Argos, early OMNIs and Century
(21,22, 22 digital display) rigs Ten-Tec went for simplicity of design
On May 16, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Charles Ring wrote:
Does compressed air have any advantage over suction from a shop
vacuum with a small paint brush? I've never liked to blow the dirt
around.
You never get the pressure and fine control of a blast of compressed
air with a vacuum hose. It is
On Apr 2, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Woody wrote:
Since I started back on my Drakes I couldn't find a source for
Deoxit locally, when I found it on the net they wanted as much for
shipping as the 5 oz can cost. I found it at Musician's Friend for
$14.98 and FREE shipping. I'm not plugging them
On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:44 AM, John Hudson wrote:
then the unit is power washed with clean distilled water
^
So the dishwasher is not a bad idea provided you don't use the soap,
and not sure how simple green would work in a
I live in a sea of electrical noise and need an antenna for the
SPR-4 for AM broadcasts. I tried to duplicate the loop that was made
for the SPR-4 using RG-6 and it simply did not work. The broadcasts
were weaker than the noise. Even using the loop (with my HF antenna
disconnected) the
On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Kevin Elliott wrote:
First I want to say I am sorry if this upsets the person that is
making and selling the blue LED bulbs on Ebay and other web sites.
I just can't afford to pay $30.00 plus shipping for 2 bulbs. So I
went looking for a different source and
On Feb 3, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Dennis Monticelli wrote:
The LEDs in this product look just like the ones that come in the
XMAS lite strings. That market probably drove mass production and
low prices, which in turn enabled this outfit to build a bulb. It
would probably benefit from a
On Jan 8, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Demis Bertoni wrote:
Hi All,
I have buyed on ebay a TR7A in good condition, but not functioning
the AM modulation. LSB and USB no problem. I have replaced the
transmit exciter board without result...
Do you have a solution to this problem?
I have not owned
On Jan 9, 2011, at 12:00 AM, Joe Pyles wrote:
You do not need the AM filter to transmit AM. It does not matter
what mode you transmit in, on a TR7 it always uses the 2.3khz
sideband filter.
When you transmit AM, you transmit carrier plus upper sideband (A3-
H).
Thanks for correcting
My SPR-4 has neither a noise blanker nor a jumper cable in it's place.
From what I can see it looks like it never had either of them. Is it
necessary?
If it is where do I get one? Can I just replace it with a length of
plastic insulated unshielded wire? Does it have to be shielded? Is the
On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:47 PM, Bob Jackson wrote:
What's the general opinion of the replacement pilot lights that are
actually blue LEDs?
Someone (I think it was on this list, may have been on another)
suggested superbrightleds.com. They have LED replacement blubs for
standard bayonet
On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Bob Jackson wrote:
For an SPR-4, I'm looking for:
• 5-NB noise blanker
• SCC-4 Crystal Calib.
Failing that, does anyone know if there's PCBs available to HB my own?
I have not actually done it, but I bought a $10 crystal calibrator
from eBay
On Oct 19, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Garey Barrell wrote:
Sorry guys. Fingers faster than brain.
The correct number is # 172, 'Lagoon Blue' from Lee Lighting.
Do the filters cover the entire part you want lit? I had good results
with my SPR-4 replacing the two blue filtered lamps with
On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Ron wrote:
Paul,
Last time I did one, I used a small amount of kerosene to thin out
the old lube. In my case the kerosene seemed to restore the old
lube enough that there was no need to remove the old lube and
replace with new. I would agree with Garey
I recently got an SPR4 and while as a receiver I am very happy with
it, I always have been disapointed with the dial calibration.
The crystal calibrator seems to be way off and wanders all over the
place.
I looked at the radio itself and found that there is no crystal
calibrator in the
volt versions, and blue, green and red colors.
73,
Geoff.
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and as cheaply as possible with as few components as close to
their limits as you could specify them had not yet arrived in consumer
electronics. After all consider the parts that were replaced by one,
and the extra cost of the capacitors was trivial.
Geoff.
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as heat.
Geoff.
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or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the
situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found
it is easy to get a
transformer for them. Easy yes, cheap no. Someone I know just paid
$150 for a custom made transformer for her vacuum cleaner which will
put out almost 200 watts of heat on its own. :-(
Geoff.
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New
completely. I can't guarentee that it works
for all Drake rigs, I've only owned transistorized ones.
I hope that helps. Good luck and 73,
Geoff.
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can just delete it, on slow days, take a look at it.
A friend of mine calls it New York mode, because you can shout
without listening. :-)
Geoff.
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.
73,
Geoff.
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Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com
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or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the
situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can
,
Geoff.
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Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendel...@gmail.com
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?
Since I plan on using it soley on AC power, should I just give up and
try to find some bulbs? It's in good shape electricaly, but it looks
like it sat in a dusty storage area for 20 years. I've cleaned it up
but it will never be a collector's display item.
Geoff.
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be for adding ham band
reception, which except for 40m is missing.
Thanks in advance?
Geoff.
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right now is
to buy an education as opposed to a working radio.
73,
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