[Drake] Drake TR-3 and RV-3

[Larry Taft]

Chris,

To add to Garey's excellent description of the TR-3, the relay sometimes 
goes bad and that is a chore to repair.  Doesn't do the WARC bands either.

The TR-3 is the only all tube transceiver that Drake made.  Everything 
after was hybrid, starting with the solid state oscillators in the 4 
series.  My first piece of Drake gear was a beat up TR-3 that had been used 
as a foot rest under my friends workbench.  In the early 90's when I got 
back into ham radio he gave me the rig so I could get on the air.  Took a 
bit of work to get the old girl going.  After several months I became an 
avid Drake enthusiast and now own too many of the 4's and 7's.  I like them 
well enough to run a little repair service:  drakerepair.com.

I bought Garey's CD that gives an excellent description and location of all 
the parts in the C Twins.  Wish he would do the TR-4 series too.  Good 
info.  Good price too as you can otherwise spend a week tracing out the 
wiring to find out where the parts are mounted.

73, Larry  K2LT

At 04:53 PM 9/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>    I just joined the list because I had some questions about a TR-3 and 
> RV-3/AC-3 combo that I own.  I purchased it a few years back, but haven't 
> done much with it.  I was curious what the value of a combo like this 
> would be, and how much would be involved to get it running properly (I'm 
> sure it probably needs a bit of work).  I'm trying to re-evaluate my 
> radio situation as I have a number of different rigs, and not a use for 
> all of them.  So, I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who can tell 
> me the strong and weak points of the rig.
>
>Thanks & 73,
>Chris, N9WIV
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