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Re: Buying ham stuff from estate sales
The Cantenna is a messy item. I bought one at the flea market. It was filled with some unknown oil. I carefully decanted it & cleaned it out - disposed of the oil at the local hazardous waste facility
By jerry-KF6VB · #71300 ·
Buying ham stuff from estate sales
Besides Drake equipment I have bought other ham equipment from estate sales. I bought a cantenna from an estate sale and they packed the whole thing including oil in a box and sent it. I paid $20
By Gregg Lebovitz <gregglebovitz@...> · #71299 ·
Re: TR4-CW Service Bulletin
Perhaps that wasn¡¯t the case when the bulletin was written. Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Sent from Proton Mail for iOS
By Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 · #71298 ·
Re: TR4-CW Service Bulletin
Ok I guess I am the one to ask the "dumb" question. Why in the world would I want to replace a 6EV7 with a 6AQ8 considering that a 6AQ8 (ECC85)? is more money than a 6EV7 and requires circuit
By Rick WA6III <myr748@...> · #71297 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
For example: Sargent Auction Service sargentauction.com Has a good reputation in the Texas radio community... Ken, N2VIP
By Ken N2VIP · #71296 ·
Re: Woo hoo finally got a TR7
The best thing you can do is study the service manual. The how-it-works write ups are very good. The TR7 is a complex radio but not overly so compared to modern rigs and is very understandable if you
By Jim Shorney · #71295 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
There are legitimate small businesses out there that purchase estates and resell through various resources. I can imagine that sometimes this is the best alternative to the family hauling this stuff
By Jim Shorney · #71294 ·
Re: TR4-CW Service Bulletin
/g/DRAKE-RADIO/files/T4any,%20TR3,%20TR4any%20Replace%20Replace%206EV7%20with%206AQ8%20.pdf 73 -Jim NU0C "Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via groups.io" <w1es@...> wrote:
By Jim Shorney · #71293 ·
Re: TR4-CW Service Bulletin
Thanks Chuck. I have converted this to PDF and uploaded to the group file section. 73 -Jim NU0C "Chuck Rippel - K8HU and ex - NMN" <lantareamon@...> wrote:
By Jim Shorney · #71292 ·
Re: FS - 12JB6 tubes
12JB6 tubes went quick.
By Steve WA8ZMC · #71291 ·
Woo hoo finally got a TR7
Traded my Yaesu FL-2100B for the rig, ps and remote vfo. Seems to work well and has a cw filter and am filter in it. I think it might need alignment as it seems down a little bit. Anything I should
By K8CCA · #71290 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
The shipping doesn¡¯t sound unreasonable to me, either. It represents shipping and packing. Have you priced packing materials lately? He¡¯s running a business. There is nothing wrong with running a
By Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 · #71289 ·
Re: FS - 12JB6 tubes
Steve Kessler writes: Steve, if you can mail those to Canada I'll take them off your hands. --lyndon
By Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) <lyndon@...> · #71288 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
$48.00 from NY to Missouri ? Seems reasonable to me... Jim W7RY
By Jim W7RY <jimw7ry@...> · #71287 ·
Re: TR4-CW Service Bulletin
I¡¯m with you Steve. The images of the seller breaking the seal on the AC-4 and RV-4C boxes seems legit, the RV-4C cable wrapping, the Cinch-Jones, etc. are all pretty convincing it¡¯s NOS
By Rob Peebles, W8LX · #71286 ·
FS - 12JB6 tubes
Three NIB (Feb 1978) Sylvania 12JB6 tubes.? Don't have a TR-3 so...$50 at Dayton or plus shipping. Steve WA8ZMC
By Steve WA8ZMC · #71285 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
A flipper indeed¡­crazy shipping fees¡­NO TU! STAY SAFE AND STAY WELL! Respectfully, Thomas K. Lanieri, NU2W NJ Licensed EMT; PHTLS, AMLS, PHPEC B.A.A. EMS Support ARC N.E. BioMedical Services ARC
By NU2W · #71284 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
I disagree. The tag on the PLATE control is something that was usually torn off upon getting the set out of the box. All the Drake items have the boxes and QC tags. It is certainly conceivable that
By Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 · #71283 ·
Re: a quick tour of the heathkit shop and ham shack
Hi, jerry, I¡¯m been shipping some product for a while. I don¡¯t know when I¡¯ll get the site back up. Frankly, It¡¯s kinda nice to sit back and do nothing for a while 73 mike, wb8vge the Heathkit
By Mike Bryce · #71282 ·
Re: NOS TR-4Cw RIT
If you go to his E-Bay "store," there are a number of Drake items in "As New" condition. Looks like a radio-flipper to me. https://www.ebay.com/str/nationaljukeboxexchange Chuck, K8HU -- "The
By Chuck Rippel - K8HU and ex - NMN · #71281 ·