RE: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-02-01 Thread Tim Kass
wouldnt choose a Drake now anyways, but for casual rag chewing, get the B line and save a few bucks. 73, Tim K8WBL From: "John_K7FD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: RE: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:34:59 -0800 "John_K7FD" <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-31 Thread John_K7FD
"John_K7FD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Having had both lines, only the B line gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside... :) The C line never captured that certain feeling for me... 73 John K7FD --

Re: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-31 Thread Eric Webner
Glad that Garey is here to straighten me out. Guess I had the filter scheme backwards. Like I said, listen to the experts.   Eric Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>made an utterence to the drakelist gang

Re: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-31 Thread Gary Poland
The R-4B uses a crystal filter in the first IF and passive filters in the 2nd IF   Gary

Re: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-31 Thread Garey Barrell
Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterence to the drakelist gang -- Both the B AND C lines have a "roofing filter" in the first IF. The difference is in the second IF, where the B uses L-C filters in the Passband Tuner

Re: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-31 Thread Eric Webner
Hi Jim,   Years ago, my college radio club (Case Amateur Radio Club - W8EDU) had both a C-line and a B-line. The C-line was considered the better station. I presently have a C-line and recognize that the performance is much better than the B-line. One thing I know of is that the C uses a crystal f

Re: [drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-30 Thread W9DCQ
I have owned Drake A-line, B-line and C-line equipment.  I acquired a Heath SB-300 while I owned the B-line and was shocked to find the Drake's selectivity was noticeably inferior to the SB-300's selectivity.  This was due to Drake's use of an L/C network to achieve variably selectivity, whil

[drakelist] R4B vs R4c

2005-01-30 Thread James E. Lanier
I would like to hear from those of you who have used both. What are your opinions?   1) Electrical Performance Comparisons   2) Mechanical performance (PTO tuning etc.)   Thanks,   Jim N4BPM