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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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