Re: Drake R4A and T4XB For Sale
Additional Drake T4XB pictures;
Front ( https://w5rkl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Front-768x576.jpg )
Rear ( https://w5rkl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/T4XB-Rear-View.jpg )
Inside Top View (
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Mike W5RKL <mikew5rkl@...>
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#84567
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Re: TR7A Meter spikes
That's an interesting case. You should be aware that an oscillation will most likely be anywhere else but where you are listening. The 40 Meter instability that surfaces in some rigs actually occurs
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Jim Shorney
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
I noticed it around 9 pm, CST on virtually all of 80M, 40M. I think it was present on 20M as well.
Barry - N4BUQ
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n4buq
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
What time and what frequencies?
73
Stan
KM4HQE
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Stan Gammons
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
That's exactly what I thought it sounded like!
Barry - N4BUQ
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n4buq
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
At my house it¡¯s the xyl¡¯s wash machine!
AE8EA
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william pinkava
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Re: TR7A Meter spikes
Just tested mine using same settings and don't see meter swinging right after completion of character send during short CW delay settings.
I did have a 40M parasitic oscillation but sounds different
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Craig W8CS
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#84561
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TR7A Meter spikes
The situation:
When I transmit on CW and let up the key, the meter goes to the power out during key-down, as normal. When I let up the key at the end of sending, the meter swings hard to the right
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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#84560
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
I wonder if this might be a new Over-the-Horizon radar system?
Lint, VE3CMQ
Sent: Friday, 25 April 2025 12:06
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DRAKE-RADIO] Noisy Lower Bands
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Clint VE3CMQ
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#84559
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Re: Noisy Lower Bands
On Friday, April 25, 2025 at 12:37:39 PM EDT, n4buq <n4buq@...> wrote: I hear it also mainly on 80 meters as that is where I mostly operate.? I have no idea what it is.The s-meter
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Ralph Mowery
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#84558
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Noisy Lower Bands
While listening to my TR-4 late yesterday evening, I noticed that the lower bands had a prominent, continuous "swish-swish-swish" noise at about 2 or 3 Hz. I checked and I was also getting that on my
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n4buq
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Re: Drake R4A and T4XB For Sale
Mike,
I'm interested in the T-4XB. Can you send some more pictures of it to me?
Thanks!
Barry - N4BUQ
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n4buq
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#84556
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Drake R4A and T4XB For Sale
I currently have a Drake R4A receiver and T4XB transmitter for sale on my
for sale webpage. Click link below to view the R4A and T4XB.
Drake Gear For Sale <https://w5rkl.com/for-sale/>
73
Mike
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Mike W5RKL <mikew5rkl@...>
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Re: Durability
Yeah it's crazy that we can keep these radios going. I got a c line like
new in original boxes at Dayton last year. A few new caps and little effort
and they work great. Keep up the great work Steve,
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K8CCA
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Durability
I oftentimes think that we take our favourite radios from the past as having survived because we have lavished lots of attention on them and have dutifully replaced old capacitors, etc..
Then I buy a
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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Re: Wanted: SPR-4 front panel
I don't see a SPR-4 front panel on the Nationwide Radio site https://ke9pq.com/ I see some R4C, TR4, TR4-C and TR4-CW RIT front panels. If there is one for the SPR-4 available, maybe someone stateside
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Stan Gammons
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Re: 9 MHz Crystal in a TR-4
Well, that's embarrassing. I thought I had looked in that very category but apparently not or else, I missed it in plain sight!. I did think it was odd they they wouldn't have it.
Thanks, Steve, for
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n4buq
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Re: 9 MHz Crystal in a TR-4
Barry wrote:
The Mouser crystal may work fine, but I am compelled to point out that AF4K Crystals does stock 9.0 MHz crystals.
You can find 9.0 MHz in both HC-6 and HC-49 holders
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Steve Johnston, WD8DAS
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Re: AC-4 Voltages
I'd be most concerned with the filament voltages. I normally see 730V on the HV here, which is just over 700V under idle conditions.
I don't seem to have a problem with cathode emission issues with
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Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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AC-4 Voltages
I'm noticing that the HV from my rebuilt AC-4 is running quite high - on the order of 730VDC. I know that my line voltage is around 126VAC and if I run the AC-4 from an autotransformer, I have to
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n4buq
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