I learned something new -- thanks, Peter.? My recollection wasn't squaring with reality.? Although I have seen some rigs with the AC-4 bumpers installed on them, I now reemmber the press-in bumpers.
I don't have any Drake equipment with those press-fit feet/bumpers but I have seen them.
73,
Steve Wedge, W1ES
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On Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 at 10:25 AM, VE7PS via groups.io <ve7ps@...> wrote:
Good morning all:
I have never seen the AC-4 6-32 threaded foot ever installed on a 4-line box, new or used, and have owned upwards of 50 of these boxes and accessories over the years.
The new 4-line and 7-line radios all came with a hard plastic foot about 3/4" high (don't have one with me here to measure) that was installed with (I recall) a 10-24 screw to the 4 positions on the bottom of the box. That hard plastic foot had a rubber bumper installed over the screw hole on the bottom. Additionally, two extra plastic feet were included with a new radio with a couple of 10-24 threaded "rod" to join two feet together for the front, IF you wanted to have your radio sloped upwards. This always looked weird to me and never used the extra feet.
The bottom section of the 4-line cabinets in a hole had two large rubber bumpers with a rubber stem press-fit installed beside the rear feet, so you could just remove the large rear feet and your radio would have a slight upwards tilt towards the front. This seemed a better way to get an upward tilted radio, at least to me. Unfortunately, people often removed those rear bumpers (which were about 5/8" or 3/4" diameter) so they are often missing from used gear these days. That's probably why Steve is seeing the AC-4 threaded bumpers installed in their place.
The rubber tip bumpers for the bottom of the plastic feet are also often missing these days but they are available from McMaster-Carr, and KE9PQ at Nationwide Radio. The hard plastic feet are no longer available unless someone is harvesting them from old 4-lines, as far as I know. I believe KE9PQ often has them.
73
Peter
VE7PS
On Sun, Feb 2, 2025 at 6:40?AM Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via <w1es=
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If they're simply stuck on, chances are that they're not original. There are some rubber "nub" feet that came from Drake. They look like the ones that are usually found on the AC-4 (and that is where I believe that they originated). They have a machine screw and can be put at the rear with a couple of nuts to hold them. I've seen this on lots of sets and they may have come from the AC-4's that came with the sets when they were bought.
Steve Wedge, W1ES
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On Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 at 8:46 AM, Scott N1IA via <soakland5=
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I just picked up a Drake T-4XB and noticed it came with very short rubber feet. Is this stock, or did someone remove the longer feet and replace them with the short stubby ones? They appear to be self-stick.
Is it difficult to put on the longer feet?
I have a TR4C and an R4C and neither have the short feet, but the long ones.
Scott N1IA
