[Drake] TR-7 Receive Audio Issue

[Jim DiMauro]

Thank you Steve and Les for your input.  Now that I know it's normal, I can
deal with it.

73,
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: wb6orz [mailto:wb6orz@pacbell.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:28 AM
To: jfd@warwick.net
Cc: Drake Listserver ( QTH.NET )
Subject: Re: [Drake] TR-7 Receive Audio Issue


    Jim, that is perfectly normal. There was a thread here a couple-a'
moinths ago, and the consensus was something like this:
    The On-Off switch is combined with the Volume switch, and so the volume
isn't defeated (to ground) until the combination pot/switch  is turned off.
The dual-purpose control may have been a cost-saving move by Drake.
    On the other hand, some view this as a good professional touch, because
in commercial uses a dispatcher could never turn down the audio completely.
    There are fixes, but they involve going to DSP audio, or moving the
audio switching, but that involves cutting traces and adding jumpers, and,
well, it might not be worth all the trouble and possible destruction.
    If necessary, just turn down the RF gain, and see if you can live with
that as a work-around.
    I'm sure others may have more to suggest. There's an old saying,
something like: "Ask two hams, get three opinions."
    (((((73)))))
    Les
    ---===WB6ORZ===---
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim DiMauro" <jfd@warwick.net>
To: "Drakemail" <drake@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:04 AM
Subject: [Drake] TR-7 Receive Audio Issue


> Hi All:
>
> I have an issue dealing with the receive audio level on my
recently-acquired
> TR-7.  The audio gain control doesn't fully mute the audio when turned
fully
> CCW; in fact, when the audio gain control is turned as low as it will go
> there's enough audio coming through the speaker that I can easily hear it,
> and there's just too much audio for comfortable use when using headphones.
> I wouldn't think this is characteristic of TR-7s, but since this is my
first
> one I wouldn't know.  I guess the gain control could be defective, but it
> works very smoothly and quietly throughout its range, and I've never seen
> one go bad in that way.  I'm looking for tips before I dig in.  I would
> appreciate any tips.
>
> 73,
> Jim
> WA2MER
>
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