On Mar 31, 2021, at 7:44 PM, william pinkava via <wjpinkava@...> wrote:

Hang in there Mike! ?Best 73¡¯s. ?Bill, AE8EA

On Mar 31, 2021, at 6:28 PM, Vincent Lanese <mv503a@...> wrote:

?I wish you well Mike you make excellent products best regards Vince N8MQV

On Mar 31, 2021, at 3:37 PM, wb6ttf <WB6TTF@...> wrote:

?Glad things turned out ok for you, Mike.?
I had a similar experience.?

Harv, WB6TTF

On Mar 31, 2021, at 6:28 PM, Vincent Lanese <mv503a@...> wrote:

?I wish you well Mike you make excellent products best regards Vince N8MQV

On Mar 31, 2021, at 3:37 PM, wb6ttf <WB6TTF@...> wrote:

?Glad things turned out ok for you, Mike.?
I had a similar experience.?

Harv, WB6TTF

On Mar 31, 2021, at 3:37 PM, wb6ttf <WB6TTF@...> wrote:

?Glad things turned out ok for you, Mike.?
I had a similar experience.?

Harv, WB6TTF

For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily shut down ¡®The Heathkit Shop¡¯ website¡¯ cause I wasn¡¯t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I¡¯m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I¡¯ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this year

73

Mike, WB8VGE

For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily  shut down ¡®The Heathkit Shop¡¯ website¡¯ cause I wasn¡¯t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I¡¯m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I¡¯ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this  year

73

Mike, WB8VGE

On Mar 31, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Tony Deprato <tony.deprato@...> wrote:

?

Mike prayers my friend for a fast recovery.you have been missed...73.Tony wa4jqs?

Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S? 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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From: "mike bryce via groups.io" <prosolar@...>
Date: 3/31/21 15:34 (GMT-05:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DRAKE-RADIO] Status of the Heathkit shop

For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily? shut down ¡®The Heathkit Shop¡¯ website¡¯ cause I wasn¡¯t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I¡¯m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I¡¯ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this? year

73

Mike, WB8VGE

On Mar 27, 2021, at 7:09 PM, VE7PS <ve7ps@...> wrote:

? Bob:

Of course, so do I!? My 1st tx a homebrew 6L6 xtal osc, rock bound on 40m.? I had ONE xtal.? I butchered my Mom's RCA radio/record player (with her permission) to make that tx.? You HAD to tune around or you'd never work anyone!

I get a laugh out of those who complain of someone being "off frequency".? Heck, we have even have had a little knob for correcting just that called RIT for more than 40 years now?

73
Peter
VE7PS

On 2021-03-27 3:59 p.m., kq2q wrote:

Peter

I can remember when I would CQ on 40 meters and tune at least +\- 25 kHz up and down for a response.?

Frequency was not that important as long as inbounds.?

Drift was not too important- just retune the RX. Walk around a bit.?

Nowadays if you are 73 cycles off; oh boy!

?

Bob KQ2Q

On Mar 27, 2021, at 6:34 PM, wb6ogd <garywinblad@...> wrote:

?

? Hi Peter,

Ok, I just have to comment...

I was going to when you said you were?

going to build my cheap FS-4.. ?I might be

able to actually push you over the edge..

The Drake¡¯s were very stable by 1964

standards but today, they are really drift

monsters....

What i am running here is an advanced?

version I call my FS-5 with advanced?

stability.

If you build Bernie and my FS-4B hardware (with

digital dial) you could have a Drake that is

comparable to most new rigs in stability.

Simple theory is, measure the PTO

?frequency and if it drifts, you offset the?

band oscillator (Si5351 crystal based

synthesizer) by the opposite amount to

cancel the PTO drift. ?I am doing this now

and it is terrific, turn the Drake on cold,

tune in the net, then listen all day without?

changing the PTO, it is crystal locked!

I also have a mode I call channel lock...

Most operation nowadays is on even KHz

frequencies, so I only lock to the KHz.

Instant exactly ¡°on frequency¡±, no

?complaints from the new guys?

Real easy tuning, my Kenwood can¡¯t even do

this!

Parts cost can be as low as $11, I think.

Plus, you have all bands with NO old drifted

crystals needed.

My FS-5 design is still being developed but if anyone wants something like the above,

maybe I can get Bernie to help me release?

it.

73,

Gary

WB6OGD?

On Mar 27, 2021, at 2:45 PM, VE7PS <ve7ps@...:

? Rick:

I am not currently on the air with my TC-2/6 but I have in the past used them.

While not too bad for casual VHF operating on CW/SSB, they are not stable enough as is for any of the digital modes.? I was getting drift complaints on occasion from the SSB guys at times.? My answer...."do you have big knob on the front of your radio for tuning?"? OK - not really....but I did think that!? Indeed some of that drift could be from the R-4/T-4 that was running the xverters at the time.? Need to check that out further one day.

The receivers are not all that hot and would benefit from a good low noise preamp ahead of them.? I did some simple comparison testing a few years ago against my SSB Electronics xverters and they were not as sensitive, though I did not go as far as quantifying that difference.?

I like to operate them just for fun, because I can.? I just wish I lived in an area that some VHF DX was possible...this after almost 40 years of VHF/UHF DX'ing when I Iived in EN86 and FN02.? I am almost surrounded by mountains where I am now in DN09, though I do have a good shot at the moon most of the time and am planning to get back into EME again. I won't be using the Drakes!

I also have a P & H 6-150 100 watt 6 meter transmitting converter that is fun to play with too.? Brings back memories from using one of these in our 6m station at VE3ONT during the VHF contests in the mid-70's.

73
Peter
VE7PS

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For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily shut down ¡®The Heathkit Shop¡¯ website¡¯ cause I wasn¡¯t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I¡¯m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I¡¯ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this year

73

Mike, WB8VGE

For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily shut down ¡®The Heathkit Shop¡¯ website¡¯ cause I wasn¡¯t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I¡¯m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I¡¯ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this year

73

Mike, WB8VGE

For all those Drake collectors out there in radio land.

A few weeks ago I temporarily shut down ?€?The Heathkit Shop?€? website?€? cause I wasn?€?t feeling so hot. It will be back up sometime this year. I had hoped for sometime this summer.

However, on Friday the 26th of March, my clock stopped. Taken to hospital and had my pipes cleaned and had the roto-rooter run though them. Apparently, I had (have) microvascular angina.

I drove myself to the North Lawrence fired department where they took me to the hospital.

One stint inserted, but the rest of the plumbing seems to be okay.

More doctors to see, and I have enough pills to start my own drug store now

I?€?m still kicking, just not a high as I was

I could have went sideways.

With a bit of luck, I?€?ll have the Heathkit Shop up and running later this year

73

Mike, WB8VGE