Re: [Drakelist] R4C stand alone

2009-07-07 Thread Charles Cassidy
I recently found (at Fry's Electronics) some BNC female to RCA male adapters which are small and light. A short piece of that military RG-174 with BNC connectors makes a neat and light adapter for the R4 series. The military RG-174 seems plentiful at hamfests. Or, just solder up a standard

Re: [Drakelist] R4C stand alone

2009-07-07 Thread Charles Cassidy
Don't forget an antenna relay if you will be using a transmitter so you don't accidentally put RF power into the receiver! Chuck, AC7GZ Don Cunningham wrote: Doyle, To use the rig, just turn the function switch to on, NOT ext mute and it will work stand alone. If you want to use the NB or Ca

Re: [Drakelist] R4C stand alone

2009-07-07 Thread Don Cunningham
Doyle, To use the rig, just turn the function switch to on, NOT ext mute and it will work stand alone. If you want to use the NB or Cal functions, you will need a shorted RCA plug in the mute jack for those functions to work. In using an RCA to SO-239 antenna adapter, be careful not to overst

[Drakelist] R4C stand alone

2009-07-07 Thread Doyle
GM, I have a friend who owns a R4C (no TX4C) & wants to use it stand alone. What connections does he have to make to make it work. Thanks in advance. Doyle/N4VV ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mai