[Drake] R4C

Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:12:55 -0600

Hi Ed,

I think dollar for dollar the R4B is one of the best stock
Drake had to offer. However if your into 160M DX or crowded
conditions the Full Sherwood Drake can really slice and dice
the bands.
Most hams that claim Sherwood upgrades are marginal usually
haven't had a complete upgrade done including extra filter
switching, independent SSB filters, 600 Hz first filter
and INRAD filters complete SSB thru CW. Only then one
realizes when tuning the bands how special and worthwhile
the extra expense is.
My only complaint is most Drakes i.e. TRxx or R4C lack lower
freq audio response. They seem to drop of at about
200-250Hz.  The R4B for some reason has better audio
response......perhaps the LC filters are causing this.
I glad we all like Drake's...............Peacock Blue
Rules!!!!

73,

Bill  KB9IV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed brooks" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:56 PM
Subject: [Drake] R4C

> I can't imagine why I'd want an R4C - my R4B is about as
good as I can
> handle!  And includes calibrator and noise blanker.  Using
it on crowded
> CW bands (like last night on 40 meters) it simply does the
job, probably
> as well as any receiver I have ever owned or even used.
Turning the
> Passband control a small amount and the offending signal,
even an S9
> one, is completely gone.  Was older actually better?  The
only R4C I
> ever used belonged to a friend of mine, now a SK (and his
ham gear was
> sold to an estate) and I was not impressed, but I do not
know what mods
> it had or did not have.  Interesting the comments I have
been reading on
> this thread about the R4C.
>
> Ed, W5HTW
>
>
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