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Hi Albert, yes, I had the same speaker cabinet with the AC supply
in it. Also had the DC supply and ran the rig from my mom's VW
bug with a hussler antenna on the fender. Ran CW as a novice
from the car. Pretty cramped setup with the rig between my feet
on the floor. Glad we never got in an accident when the rig was
in the car. I'd probably still be stuck in there! Later, I got a
Drake SPR-4 receiver which was really terrific. I regret having
to sell all that stuff but I had to pay for stuff for our kid who
was young and I wasn't very active then so couldn't rationalize
keeping it back then. Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Albert Sanchez <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:05:09 -0400
Subject: Re: Drake Tr-4
Hi Jim,
What a wonderful rig the TR-4 was; I had the matching remote
VFO/speaker
cabinet into which you could slide the AC4 power supply. Also
had the rig
mobile in my dad's truck/camper. I also had dots at the 5Khz
marks.
Albert S., WA7FXB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:36 PM
Subject: Drake Tr-4
When I had my Drake Tr-4 I had a ham friend mark the bezel every
5 KHZ with smaller dots. Those Drake rigs had great linear
tuning across the bands. Pretty good for back in the 70's. I
also had an audible tuner that I still have, but it no longer
functions. That was hooked into a cheap Radio Shack SWR meter
and I could tune for the highest tone out of the audio box. Jim
WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 06:44:18 -0500
Subject: acessible radios
All in the ear of the beholder.
I started out with a johnson valiant. I tuned the transmitter
by
pressing
my ear to the metal case, and listening for the dip in hum. I
tuned the
grid by listening to the click of the meter needle. Later I
counted the
dial turns on the drake radios. Since each turn was 25 khz, you
could get
with in 2 khz or so quite easilly. I have wondered if a neon
light coupled
to a feed line could be read by an audible light probe. How
good
would
maximum brightness be? Interesting experiment. Then in the
late
80's I
bought a triton 4 and found the speech box that tentec made for
it. I
thought I had died and gone to heaven.
I have an Omni D and still have that box. That's a backup
radio.
We've come a long way.
H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
Adaptive Technology Instructor
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