[Drakelist] FS-4

2016-06-14 Thread Al
Can a FS-4 be used with a SPR-4 in any xtal socket position, any band, to cover the complete receiving spectrum? Al Sent from my iPad ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[Drakelist] FS-4

2015-12-15 Thread Gary Thostenson
Hi again to the group: I have a Drake FS-4 systhesizer for sale. It's in excellent working condition. Never buy another crystal. Turn your R-4C into a great shortwave receiver. Asking $500.00 (firm) plus $40.00 for shipping and insurance. Thanks for looking at this ad. Please email me at my QRZ add

[Drakelist] FS-4

2015-03-08 Thread Gary Thostenson
Anyone out there have a Drake FS-4 synthesizer that wokrs and they want to sell? Please email me at my QRZ email address. Thanks very much Gary W9VS --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ___ Drakeli

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 with a 4 line

2013-07-20 Thread K5FNQ
where is best place to get 1) the cable from the FS4 to my SPR 4 and 2) the adjustment crystal to put in the FS4 for the SPR4? Thanks Art K5FNQ On 7/19/2013 11:43 AM, Paul wrote: Sherwood Engineering also makes an interface kit for the FS-4, see http://www.sherweng.com/ham.html#fs-4 What you a

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 with a 4 line

2013-07-19 Thread Paul
Sherwood Engineering also makes an interface kit for the FS-4, see http://www.sherweng.com/ham.html#fs-4 What you are seeing is normal. The capacitance of the coax from the FS-4 will change the frequencies of the band xtals. Have to unplug FS-4 from R-4B to correct or can build this adapter, s

[Drakelist] FS-4 Crystal

2012-06-10 Thread K5FNQ
New to the list I am looking for a source for the special 9.59 MhZ Crystal to use in the FS-4 for the SPR-4 Will swap for a 9.60 Crystal (used for the other Drake rigs) if someone needs to swap. I will be selling the FS-5 and SPR 4 once I confirm that all is working after I obtain the corre

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-07 Thread Garey Barrell
Yes there is a difference. The 'common' lead is the correct one. The other one will 'work', but you have to use a specific crystal switch position, with the other just any 'open' position works. The 'other' lead bypasses the amplifier and connects the FS-4 RF to the feedback link of the ampli

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-06 Thread Scpmiller
I am curious too - if I am interfacing an FS-4 to an R4B (or even a C or an SPR-4) which pin on the crystal socket do I plug into? The manual does indicate there is a difference between either pin on the crystal socket - just plug it in and ground the outer shield. Thanks Steve KD2ED

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-06 Thread Garey Barrell
Ed - Because the crystal socket is in 'series' with the Emitter of the BAND oscillator transistor. The 'bus' that ties all the sockets together is the Emitter, the Base is bypassed to ground, and the Collector is the output. Unless he's short on drive voltage, he may not need any amplificati

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-06 Thread Ed Tanton
I'm curious Garey about why not the other lead? It just shouldn't be grounded? Maybe a 0.01 in series with the shield side? Or, couldn't he do a 6:1 balun and a 2 cond. shielded cable? (Admittedly, it's more work than simply one side of the socket and chassis ground.) His impedances would match bet

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-06 Thread Garey Barrell
Bob - Not particularly difficult. You need about 2-3 V p-p from it, maybe less, which means you may need a transistor, or possibly an MMIC. I'm not familiar with the IQPro, but for this duty you'll need to cover from about 11.6 to 40.6 MHz in 500 khz steps. It would be more convenient if you

[Drakelist] FS-4 Replacement?

2011-10-06 Thread Robert Fish
Hi Guys, I have an IQPro VFO that I built for a Direct conversion receiver I am building. It is a 9854 based DDS VFO designed by Craig AA0ZZ. I have decided to go a different route with the DC receiver LO. That leaves me with a perfectly good VFO to find a use for. I thought that maybe it wou

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4

2011-09-13 Thread Kurt Cramer
bject: Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 The handiest thing for that remains the ‘Huff and Puff’ stabilizer which can lock down most PTO/VFOs. http://www.holmea.demon.co.uk/Stab/Stab.htm http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=145530 http://www.cumbriadesigns.co.uk/x-lock.htm I have the Xloc

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4

2011-09-13 Thread Ed Tanton
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Re: [Drakelist] FS-4

2011-09-13 Thread K9sqg
crystal, the stability is basically unchanged. The FS-4 is handy for SWLing, WARC, etc. but at today's prices, only the rich can afford them... -Original Message- From: Hunter Ellington To: Drakelist Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 9:05 am Subject: [Drakelist] FS-4 FWIW, I purchas

[Drakelist] FS-4

2011-09-13 Thread Hunter Ellington
FWIW, I purchased an ebay FS-4 several years ago and love it.  It has really made my R4-C shine.  Rock solid.  Enjoy.   K0GFY R. Hunter Ellington 303-454-0543/720-560-8139 P.O. Box 44 Larkspur, CO 80118___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net

[Drakelist] FS-4

2011-09-12 Thread Fred or Ski
I just notice an FS-4 on Ebay for one more day, for those who might be interested. Currently at about $390. It is not mine. Ski-WB8YXI ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 cable

2011-08-14 Thread Garey Barrell
Neil - Needs to be low capacity cable, as short as possible, (12-18"). RG-62A/U, RG-59/U, Belden 8421 Mic cable, etc. 14 - 18 pF/ft. The center conductor needs to be plugged into ANY crystal socket, to the pin that is 'common' to all the others. Typically the bottom pin of each crystal sock

[Drakelist] FS-4 cable

2011-08-14 Thread Neil M Califano
What cable can be used instead of the original Drake cable for the FS-4 -> R4A? Can any crystal socket be used? ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[Drakelist] FS-4 SOLD Serial 0954

2010-10-14 Thread Douglasnyman
Have a good evening everyone. Doug SWL ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Anomally

2010-10-07 Thread Garey Barrell
Hunter - Wrong crystal in the FS-4. You need the 9.6 MHz instead of the 9.59 MHz that's in there, which is the one is for the SPR-4. You might try a 'Want' on the various classified lists, someone may have an R-4(any) one and need the one you have! 73, Garey - K4OAH Glen Allen, VA Drake 2

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Anomally

2010-10-07 Thread Bob Marchese
. - Original Message - From: Hunter Ellington To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:19 PM Subject: [Drakelist] FS-4 Anomally Well, I managed to make a cable to hook my FS-4 up to my R-4C. For some reason, when the FS-4 is controlling the radio, the received

[Drakelist] FS-4 Anomally

2010-10-07 Thread Hunter Ellington
Well, I managed to make a cable to hook my FS-4 up to my R-4C. For some reason, when the FS-4 is controlling the radio, the received signals appear to be 9 Khz higher on the radio's dial than when the receiver PTO is controlling. Any thoughts? K0GFY R. Hunter Ellington 303-454-0543/720-560

[Drakelist] FS-4 serial # 1703 SOLD

2010-10-03 Thread Douglasnyman
The R L Drake FS-4 frequency Synthesizer is SOLD. Serial # 1703. ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Synthesizer Dail lights intermittent

2010-10-01 Thread Garey Barrell
Doug - The bulbs are connected, in parallel, directly across one-half of the power transformer secondary. So the most likely problem is a bad ground on the bulb connections. You can verify by measuring the 'ground' side of one of the sockets. They should all read '0' ohms power off, and '0'

[Drakelist] FS-4 Synthesizer Dail lights intermittent

2010-09-30 Thread Douglasnyman
Hello to the group. My FS-4 Synthesizer dials lights are intermittent. They all work for awhile, then all go out at the same time, then come back ON all at the same time. I have checked the wires and solder joints for condition. No problems found. The synthesizer works normally even with th

Re: [Drakelist] FS-4 Interconnect cable

2010-09-27 Thread Garey Barrell
If the cable is short enough, RG-58 is ok. RG-59 is better, and RG-62 is better still, but if it's only a foot or so ... 'Small' coax such are RG-174 etc., should not be used. The key factor is the capacitance / foot, the lower the better. The correct connection to the receiver is the cente

[Drakelist] FS-4 Interconnect cable

2010-09-27 Thread Hunter Ellington
I have a very nice FS-4 I recently came across to use with my R4-C. Does anyone know of a source for the interconnect cable? If I make one, should I use a small diameter coax, or some other shielded cable? Someone mentioned that you can terminate the cable with the base of an old crystal. D

[Drakelist] FS-4 Knob Insert

2010-05-24 Thread Don Cunningham
Also Google K3ICH. Charley sells new inserts for most knobs. 73, Don, WB5HAK___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

[drakelist] FS-4 Repair

2006-06-20 Thread Gene McCalmont
"Gene McCalmont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Good afternoon my fellow Drake Denizens; Just when I thought it was save to go back into the water, my FS-4 developed intermittent problems. I did al

[drakelist] FS: 4 DIGIT REPLACEMENT READOUTS FOR TR-7 OEM UNITS

2006-02-05 Thread W4AWM
I have a limited quantity of the original 4 digit readouts available for $25.00 each, post paid. Lower 48 States only.  Overseas $32.00 USD shipped. 73,  John,  W4AWM

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-17 Thread Nick Verbeek
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Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-17 Thread Nick Verbeek
- From: "Dan Cotsirilos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ""Lee Bahr"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 "

Re: Fwd: [drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-13 Thread Thom R. Lacosta
"Thom R. Lacosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- OK Folks The backbiting, name calling and arguments over the Frequency Synthesizer, the relative merits of older versus newer technology and gen

Fwd: [drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-13 Thread Stevewiddett
Ditto...Ditto...Ditto...!! --- Begin Message --- Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Oh good grief. Give it a rest. 73, Garey - K4OAH Atlanta Drake C-Line Service Manual

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-13 Thread Garey Barrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garey Barrell Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:03 AM To: Drakelist Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang ---

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-13 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Ron - I have that overlay. It was printed in the article in August 1972. Be glad to send it as an attachment to anyone who wants to see it. 73, Garey - K

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-13 Thread D. Vaught
"D. Vaught" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- There seems to be those that lead by trying and those that just try others. -- On Behalf

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-13 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Oh good grief. Give it a rest. 73, Garey - K4OAH Atlanta Drake C-Line Service Manual Lee Bahr wrote

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-13 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- There is also an overlay in an old HR magazine. That article had a FS4 clone designed and build using PLL technology of the time. That overlay will work

[drakelist] FS 4 comments

2005-03-13 Thread KF4NI
  Hi, I have been following the information on the FS4 clone on the 'drakelist' for a week now and I see so much negative remarks. I agree with you 100% on what you said about leaving the negative stuff off and cheering the guy on who is trying to create and advance the product of an access

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-12 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Not true about the cost of Beppe's unit vs Dan's unit. Beppe said they are working on a NEW DFS-4 that used a chip producing NO spurs, and the new unit wou

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Jim Shorney
"Jim Shorney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:31:20 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote: >There is a chart within the T-4X manual showing the range covered by >each bandswitch positio

[drakelist] FS-4 --$$$$

2005-03-12 Thread PWells
PWells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Dan Cotsirilos mentioned two days ago that he knew of an engineer wanting to produce a FS-4 clone. It received mixted reactions and then Beppe IK3VIG one of t

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- David - There is a chart within the T-4X manual showing the range covered by each bandswitch position. They cover from 1.8 through 30 MHz with consider

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread EL34GUY
I use 15m for work on 17 meters. Works very good. I think I used 10m for 12 meters too. 73   Mark W0NCL

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread PWells
PWells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- David When transmitting on WARC bands where would you place the band selector switch?? There is no 'aux.' detent like on other transmitters. Peter VE2FAR -- No

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread David Austin
David G4GTP - Original Message - From: "Garey Barrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Drakelist" Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 David - Well, I'm assuming your RX and TX

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Garey Barrell
the answer to our needs (depending on the price!) 73, David G4GTP - Original Message - From: "Garey Barrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Drakelist" Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [drakel

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread David Austin
elist" Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- David - Good post! I don't understand your point about dual un

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-12 Thread David Austin
"David Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Hi Beppe, Re: the "problem" T4XC frequencies, would it be possible to have a third push button on front panel to activate 100KHz frequency steps for thos

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-12 Thread VE3AX
rack mount? ;-) 73 Peter VE3AX - Original Message - From: "Highq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4 > > Highq <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Now here is some real data to go on! Looks great. Would probably be very interested in purchasing two of them when available after field trial.. Lee w0vt

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Allen \(Marty\) Martin
, March 12, 2005 7:52 AM Subject: [drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4 > > Highq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang > -- > Hello group, > > I'm Beppe IK3VIG, member of WoodBoxRadio Tea

[drakelist] FS-4 - my DFS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Highq
Highq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Hello group, I'm Beppe IK3VIG, member of WoodBoxRadio Team maker of DDS-4. Reading discussion about the "new" FS-4 generator, we are working on a simplified and l

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Eric Webner
Probably to get around the areas (such as 10 MHz) where you have to use a different freq "crystal" to get around birdies, harmonics, etc.   73,   Eric KA8FAN Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>made an utterence to the drakelist gang

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- David - Good post! I don't understand your point about dual units however. Do you "really" need the transmitter and receiver to operate "cross-BAND" on

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-12 Thread David Austin
"David Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Hi Dan, I understood immediately from your first post what you were suggesting, as I had also considered manufacturing an almost identical product. I thi

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread KC8YY
Lee, you're really enjoying yourself at the expense of someone else, aren't you? Why don't you stop being such a jerk, and give some encouragement, instead of jumping to conclusions that the person is a crook?   I would think the "chief engineer of radio station W0VT" would be able to build anyt

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Dan Cotsirilos
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ""Lee Bahr"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ""Dan Cotsirilos"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, M

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 -- Give the guy a chance!!

2005-03-11 Thread PWells
PWells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Lee you put up 7 postings critcizing a FS-4 syntheszser project. Hey man ease up a bit. The best way to kill initiative is to criticize something before it fl

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Lars E. Pettersson
"Lars E. Pettersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 09:32, Lee Bahr wrote: > There has been no science or logic in the description. I hope you really > meant to say 500hz step

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- I believe a 500 kc step is indeed the appropriate increment. Any other increment would make the PTO dial extremely difficult to interpret.

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread George KB2Z
George KB2Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- 500kHz, for a $130 sounds pretty good. I guess to divide that by 5 should not be a problem but it might add a some bucks to the cost and increase the comp

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Ron Wagner
Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Ah didn't the FS4 use 500Khz steps? It was for the band XTL replacement. 500Hz would be kind of over kill for such an instrument IMHO. OTOH maybe you mea

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Ron Wagner
SPR-4. It will consist of 2 up down buttons that change in 500 khz steps. So I would like to know what kind of interest this group would have in a correctly designed unit? Dan - Original Message - From: "David Havel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sen

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- One more thing! What kind of readout is on this thing? LED display?, LCD display? No display? How do you tell what frequency you are on? Using a push bu

[drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-11 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- One more thing! What kind of readout is on this thing? LED display?, LCD display? No display? How do you tell what frequency you are on? Using a push bu

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- I would say any FS-4 clone should provide steps of 100hz. (.1 Khz). Anything less then this would be a drawback and design flaw. 500 khz step spacing as de

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- I am not interested. A 500 khz step unit would be useless for ham use.. I, as most hams would require as a maximum, a 500 hz step design.. Lee Bahr, w0vt

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread DW Holtman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 "Dan Cotsirilos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- First o

[drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread PWells
PWells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Dan FS-4 Count me in for one if not two! Peter Wells VE2FAR -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Datab

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Dan Cotsirilos
buttons that change in 500 khz steps. So I would like to know what kind of interest this group would have in a correctly designed unit? Dan - Original Message - From: "David Havel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, March 10, 200

RE: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread David Havel
] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:11 PM To: drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Man, rou

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread W8DRZ
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Man, rough crowd tonight -- On Behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Submissions:drakelist@www.zerobeat

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- How pure is the output signal? Have you run tests to see if the unit has birdies? If it has birdies, where are they? Lee, w0vt > drakelist gang > >

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Lee Bahr
"Lee Bahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- I read the post again and it says we need to provide the 'hosing" Does this thing use a tube and consequently need air cooling from an external blower? I w

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Lee Bahr
lan. You have alerted flags of doubt in my mind!. Lee, w0vt PS: Does anyone want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? A friend of mine is thinking of selling it.. Anyone interested? - Original Message - From: "Dan Cotsirilos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 10, 20

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Russ Hines
Russ Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- $130? Those must be awfully expensive LED's. How much are you guys charging using "regular" LED's? ;-) 73, Russ WB8ZCC Dan Cotsirilos wrote: "Dan Cotsir

[drakelist] FS-4

2005-03-10 Thread Dan Cotsirilos
"Dan Cotsirilos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- A friend of mine is thinking about manufacturing a freq generator that will duplicate the FS-4 output. It will be 3 LED's on a circuit board and the

Re: [drakelist] FS 4 cable

2005-01-04 Thread Gene Buesing
Ruby   I am not aware that the cable for the FS-4 is anything special.  My FS-4 has a piece of RG-58 that is about 16" long with a RCA plug on one end and a base from a crystal on the other, and that has worked just fine.  The manual states that the original cable was 20" long for convenient placem

[drakelist] FS 4 cable

2005-01-04 Thread KF4NI
HI all, I have a FS 4 to use with my "C" line and need a cable to hook it up. Can anyone tell me where to buy one. A friend told me it is a special cable and not just a piece of mini 8 coax with rca jacks on each end. Any help appreciated. I am new to Drakes and this is my 1st set. They came

[drakelist] FS-4 Help Please

2005-01-03 Thread Paul G4CCZ
"Paul G4CCZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Hi All,   Happy New Year to everyone.   I have recently bought an FS-4 for use with my R-4C. It appears to work fine except that the output frequency jump

Re: [drakelist] FS-4 Problem

2004-04-07 Thread Garey Barrell
Marty - No service manual that I know of. Check supply voltages. DeoxiT the switches. Check the 74192 divide-by-N (U3) and associated control logic (U4 & U8) on the A300 Digital board. Board closest to the back. I have seen more than a few of the 74192 chips fail. Don't know why. Check t

[drakelist] FS-4

2004-04-06 Thread Richard Holder
I have just purchased a Drake C line with the FS-4. The FS-4 did not work but I noticed the comments about cleaning the contacts with Deoxit. I got hold of some and it is magical. I had cleaned the contacts with ordinary contact cleaner - looked great but still not working. Got my Deoxit toda

[drakelist] FS-4 Problem

2004-04-06 Thread Allen \(Marty\) Martin
The .5 frequency does not function correctly instead of switching .5 mhz it switches a full 1 mhz. Everything else seems to work o.k. Is there a tech manual downloadable any where? Thanks Marty --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

RE: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-30 Thread Jammy
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Richard Holder Envoyé : mercredi 31 mars 2004 2:44 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : [drakelist] FS-4   The FS-4 manual says that a stick-on-decal is provided.  Of course it didn't come with my used set of equimpent.   What was the purpose of the

[drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-30 Thread Richard Holder
The FS-4 manual says that a stick-on-decal is provided. Of course it didn't come with my used set of equimpent. What was the purpose of the extra dial indicator. Are the settings different when using the FS-4 instead of the normal crystals? 73 Dick VE4QK --- Outgoing mail is certified Vi

[drakelist] FS-4, Contact Cleaners, Bulbs & Knobs for the 4-Line

2004-03-13 Thread Herbert Schulz
Hello to all of the list, the following text is a little bit longer then usual and therefore it may be some lines to read, but as i had some requests to hold my FS-4 related comments public rather that private, i will do so. For the readers that are uninterested in the one or other topic, i apolo

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-12 Thread David Austin
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:48 AM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS-4 Good morning, Gene, you are absolutely right, this is the point to start with. In my previous answer, i just assumed without naming it ex- plicitely, that all the obvious checks

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Wrede
practice to not directly spray Kontakt 60 on them but rather use a cotton tip (Q-Tip).   Best regards,   Thomas LX2OO/DF2OO - Original Message - From: Herbert Schulz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 5:48 AM Subject: Re: [drakelist] FS

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-12 Thread Ron Wagner
Herbert, Keep in mind that you can also get the needle dropper bottle of DeOxit. My guess is that will ship to Europe w/o any real issue. While you are at it, I would get their CaiLube too. I have had miracles worked on pots with it. 73, Ron -- ==

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-11 Thread Herbert Schulz
Good morning, Gene, you are absolutely right, this is the point to start with. In my previous answer, i just assumed without naming it ex- plicitely, that all the obvious checks and repairs for equipment of that maturity still have been performed - namely such things like contact cleaning, lookin

Re: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-11 Thread Allen \(Marty\) Martin
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:17 AM Subject: RE: [drakelist] FS-4 > > Hello Dan; > I have had problems with my FS-4 that were similar to the symptoms you > describe and the repair was rather simple, which may (or may not) mirror > yo

RE: [drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-11 Thread Gene McCalmont
Hello Dan; I have had problems with my FS-4 that were similar to the symptoms you describe and the repair was rather simple, which may (or may not) mirror your situation. The FS-4 uses wafer switches similar to those found in our other classic Drake rigs. Over the years, these wafer switches build

[drakelist] FS-4

2004-03-10 Thread DAN COTSIRILOS
Does anyone have any experience with fixing a FS-4? I have one that puts out erratic freq.'s and the 0-5 does not change anything. Any ideas?  Dan