Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Hi Mike
Glad that you got this taken care of relatively early (one stint is not so bad). Its amazing what they can do these days with the "drive through" theory of modern medicine.
I look forward to shopping in your store again! Get well soon and do what the doc says to do!
John K5MO
Mike
Thank you for your note.? We wish you the best to get back to good health again and you will have good treatment.
It was a scare, but that is a good thing, a warning, so you can make changes.
Nigel
Mike prayers my friend for a fast recovery.you have been missed...73.Tony wa4jqs?
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From: "mike bryce via " <prosolar= [email protected]>
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
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Mike, although I¡¯ve never met you I feel with an attitude like the one you expressed in your writing you will be around for quite a long time.? You will be on my prayer list tonight at bed time.? Mark
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On Mar 31, 2021, at 3:46 PM, nigel patterson G3YDT <wnigelpatterson@...> wrote:
? Mike
Thank you for your note.? We wish you the best to get back to good health again and you will have good treatment.
It was a scare, but that is a good thing, a warning, so you can make changes.
Nigel
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 " <prosolar= [email protected]>
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
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Mike
Thank you for your note.? We wish you the best to get back to good health again and you will have good treatment.
It was a scare, but that is a good thing, a warning, so you can make changes.
Nigel
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
-------- Original message --------
From: "mike bryce via " <prosolar= [email protected]>
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
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Please take care, we all need you!?
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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
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Mike prayers my friend for a fast recovery.you have been missed...73.Tony wa4jqs?
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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
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Glad things turned out ok for you, Mike.?
I had a similar experience.?
Harv, WB6TTF
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Re: Status of the Heathkit shop
Prayers for a speedy recovery Mike!
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On Mar 31, 2021, at 2:34 PM, mike bryce <prosolar@...> wrote:
?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
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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
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Well, just because the tubes are new...
Possibly just an alignment problem... some golden screwdriver been in there?
Have you jiggled the VFO/XTAL switch on the side?? You are tuning the cal signal so the oscillators are probably
working, but not strong enough at the mixer.. I am thinking.
73,
Gary
WB6OGD
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I assume the hum. Is present when volume is all the way down¡
That would leave three things, the output tube as mentioned, heater to cathode short (60 Hz hum), the filter capacitor (120 Hz hum), as mentioned, and finally the grid blocking capacitor (60 Hz hum).
Gary
W0DVN
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On Mar 29, 2021, at 8:56 PM, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1@...> wrote:
They don't have to touch. You can get hum from tubes with leaky cathode to heater insulation. This is a fairly common problem in audio. You have to swap the tubes to find out.
On 3/28/2021 11:05 AM, Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via groups.io wrote:
This could also be a bad tube in that chain. I've heard of filaments touching the cathode that can cause this.
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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On Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:28 PM, Cowan Bowman <cowan@...> wrote:
Hello all.
The rig has an audio hum that is heard on the speaker when switching to any band except 80 and 20 meters. When 80 or 20 is selected the hum is not present. I still can hear transmissions by others, but the hum is fairly loud and makes it difficult.
According to the previous owner, the radio had not been powered up in over 25 years. So far I have cleaned out all the dust, replaced a couple bad resistors (R163 and R192). Tested all of the tubes and they are all good.
Any words of advice on what I should do to troubleshoot what it could be?
Thanks,
Cowan
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They don't have to touch. You can get hum from tubes with leaky cathode to heater insulation. This is a fairly common problem in audio. You have to swap the tubes to find out.
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On 3/28/2021 11:05 AM, Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via groups.io wrote: This could also be a bad tube in that chain.? I've heard of filaments touching the cathode that can cause this.
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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On Sunday, March 28, 2021 12:28 PM, Cowan Bowman <cowan@...> wrote:
Hello all.
The rig has an audio hum that is heard on the speaker when switching to any band except 80 and 20 meters.? When 80 or 20 is selected the hum is not present.? I still can hear transmissions by others, but the hum is fairly loud and makes it difficult.
According to the previous owner, the radio had not been powered up in over 25 years. So far I have cleaned out all the dust, replaced a couple bad resistors (R163 and R192).? Tested all of the tubes and they are all good.
Any words of advice on what I should do to troubleshoot what it could be?
Thanks,
Cowan
N5QDH
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1oldlens1@...
WB6KBL
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Trying to bring an R4b back to life.? I'm not home, test equipment limited to a fluke 787 and a AA-230 that serves as a signal generator.? Can cap sections replaced and all switches and pots cleaned.? Tubes were tested before I left home and duds were replaced.? Here is where I ran into problems- setting up to do voltage checks there is no noticeable preselect noise peak, at least not where you would expect it. Using the R4B calibrator I have very weak signal peak in correct preselect window for each band and confirmed with the AA-230 that the PTO ect is ok as I can tune through a generated signal with the PTO.? V2 pin 7 shows 2.8v in the manual at the cathode - I measure 0v, cathode resistor is in spec. V2 pin 6 measures 44 volts where as the manual calls out 80v.? All other tube voltage checks are correct.? Both 6HS6's and the 6BZ6 are new tubes.? With what I have to work with where to next?? any thoughts appreciated -Ron K0IDX
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Re: DR7 fitting partial success.
Hi Jim
I dont know if they are available in the UK but I will check them out.
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Kind Regards
Mike G3ZCC
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On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:40 PM, Joe Wolfe wrote:
To all¡again¡
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Please, cut and paste, or reply, to the message or part of a message, to which you are replying.? Many people delete messages as they read them, as they read the posts via their phones or tablets, and as such, have nothing with which to refer.
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I have asked before, as this is just good netiquette.? It is not hard to do, and not time consuming¡ALL message readers allow one to do this, even the phone allow it.
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Thank you!
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Joe Wolfe ¨C W7RKN
Co-Moderator/Co-Owner
Thanks for the heads up, Joe.? In my case, my original log-in was lost or got corrupted, and this is the first time I'm getting a notification.? I very much enjoy reading everyone's comments and I learn much from this group.? I've been a Drake fan for over 55 years now.? Wish they would reenter the market. Best 73s to all, Harv WB6TTF
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To all¡again¡ ? Please, cut and paste, or reply, to the message or part of a message, to which you are replying.? Many people delete messages as they read them, as they read the posts via their phones or tablets, and as such, have nothing with which to refer. ? I have asked before, as this is just good netiquette.? It is not hard to do, and not time consuming¡ALL message readers allow one to do this, even the phone allow it. ? Thank you! ? Joe Wolfe ¨C W7RKN Co-Moderator/Co-Owner ? ? Wish I could have read the message you are replying too, not a health issue??
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I'd like to see the original post too, please Thanks Denis, N5KX
Wish I could have read the message you are replying too, not a health issue??
Tim
WB8UHZ
On Monday, March 29, 2021, 9:13:43 AM EDT, gary schnakenberg < wb2jax@...> wrote:
Well said..this plandemic is proof it is not a health issue it is an economic issue..
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Wish I could have read the message you are replying too, not a health issue??
Tim
WB8UHZ
On Monday, March 29, 2021, 9:13:43 AM EDT, gary schnakenberg <wb2jax@...> wrote:
Well said..this plandemic is proof it is not a health issue it is an economic issue..
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I've finally gotten up the time/courage to get back into my TR7; have
fixed several bad counters on the DR-7 board, and figured out that
clearances for the replacement German made display board are so tight
that I have to pull off the dial lamp socket that clips on under it.
I recall that there was talk of Drake adding fish paper somewhere, but
danged if I can find the article.
I've found one benefit to my advancing years: I'm MUCH more cautious
with things that don't seem right, spending time with flashlight and
magnifier to figure out what's REALLY going on with things that once
fit fine and now don't!
TIA.
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Well said..this plandemic is proof it is not a health issue it is an economic issue..
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Re: Drake Transmitting Convertors
Rick - I wanted to chime in - I've had TC2/TC6/SC2/SC6 set up in the past with R4/T4X series (still have the equipment, just no space in operating position to set it all up currently), and one minor inconvenience I found was that CW mode is in lower sideband offset, which means (meant in my case) that switching from SSB to CW was more than just changing the mode switch(es). Also, the final tube in the TC2 is type 8643 (a dual tetrode something like a 5894 but a bit larger) which isn't very common (although I ran into some used tubes of the same type bearing a Motorola part number years ago.) Never tried the units with TR4 so don't know if the (LSB-arranged) CW offset behaves the same; could be a little more complicated if no RIT. By the same token, could probably transmit CW by putting a clean sine wave into the mic jack (using the kind of connections used for digital modes nowadays) and transmitting in USB mode.
Good luck getting your station set up!
Dave
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