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Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
It made sense back when it was built and the tubes were $2 each. It's more of a curiosity than anything else now. Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Sent with
By Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 · #77264 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
Ceramic variable cap housing is cracked too! John the Pedant. :-) [email protected]> wrote:
By John K5MO · #77263 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
*** Hey - I was in high school! - Jerry, KF6VB
By jerry-KF6VB · #77262 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
Jerry - Am I detecting a pattern here? :-P Barry - N4BUQ
By n4buq · #77261 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
*** When I built my homebrew amp back around 1971, I bought the 6LQ6's from Radio Shack. They had a lifetime warranty on tubes. I carefully put the receipt in an envelope, and taped it to the bottom
By jerry-KF6VB · #77260 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
The somewhat haphazard lettering on the front panel does suggest homebrew. That looks to be a about a 300 Watt amp. Maybe 400-ish PEP if you push the tubes to the ragged edge and add forced air
By Jim Shorney · #77259 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
Looking at the picture magnified, it does look HB, although a well done HB. Thanks for the replies, 73, Dick, W1KSZ ________________________________ Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 9:31 AM To:
By Dick · #77258 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
This is definitely a well-executed homebrew that someone made to match his station, though the front panel may be the only thing that had to be modified. I say this having seen examples of ¡°Drake¡±
By Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 · #77257 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
A real Drake LA-4 is an Audio Line Amplifier. Not what is shown on the auction site, which appears to be homebrew. Interesting effort, though. Jerry, N4JL Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 11:49 AM To:
By Jerry Kessler · #77256 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
My GUESS would be, that this is an interesting home brew fabrication, but who knows? There were a lot of CB amps built with 2/4/6 sweep tubes. These days, it would cost a fair amount just for 6x
By John K5MO · #77255 ·
Re: Drake LA-4 Amplifier
Interesting - 6 sweep tubes. You'd need to gin up a power supply for it; I'd guess 800V at a half amp or so + filaments. The connector looks a little oddball; like an octal plug, only 11 pins. I think
By jerry-KF6VB · #77254 ·
Drake LA-4 Amplifier
Anyone ever heard of this amp ? A Google search comes up empty. It's listed on that Auction Site. 73, Dick, W1KSZ
By Dick · #77253 ·
Re: Photo Notifications #photo-notice
Paul, Thanks for the feedback ¨C and to Dale, W4OP for posting his Si5351A spectrum result. I¡¯ll have another look at the PLL VFO¡¯s output. My memory may be mixed up with the result of a
By Paul Christensen · #77252 ·
Re: Photo Notifications #photo-notice
Paul, Thank you.? Very interesting.? I don't plan to ever get a 2NT but others will probably find that info really interesting. Someone could go to ebay and by an Si5351 board for $5 and an Arduino
By Gary WB6OGD · #77251 ·
Re: Another TR7 Journey begins
Thanks!? This is very helpful!!? Really appreciate your patience with me and my poor technical skills. 73, Bill NZ0T
By Bill NZ0T · #77250 ·
Re: Photo Notifications #photo-notice
Paul, I'm sure I responded to your post, but don't see it here, so am responding again. The Si5351A output is adequate to drive the 2-NT to full output on all bands. When operating straight through,
By Paul Lukosius · #77249 ·
Re: Photo Notifications #photo-notice
Gary, I thought I had replied to W9AC's message. Not sure where it went, so here it is again. The Si5351A output is adequate to drive the 2-NT to full output on all bands. As shown in the pdf you
By Paul Lukosius · #77248 ·
Re: Another TR7 Journey begins
The PIN attenuator has no connection to the meter circuit. The forward wattmeter voltage is also fed to a Norton op-amp on the ALC board though diode CR1602 in parallel with a .01 capacitor. This is
By Jim Shorney · #77247 ·
Re: Another TR7 Journey begins
The meter works fine on RX and the S- meter adjustment worked perfectly. The problem is in TX where the meter reflects down below zero. In the circuit description in the SM on page 1-2 that there is a
By Bill NZ0T · #77246 ·
Re: Another TR7 Journey begins
I don't think your problem is with the ALC board. You need to find out where the voltage that is causing the meter to deflect downward is coming from. The meter is driven by the wattmeter sensor in
By Jim Shorney · #77245 ·