[Drake] Trials and tribulations

[Don Buska]

Ken,

I've also gotten into the habit of pulling off the BAND knob, plastic 
side trim panels and the six front panel holding screws. Then I tilt out 
the front panel a wee bit.  That allows pulling the DR7 straight out and 
not having to jockey around with it at weird angles when trying to line 
up all those pins.  It really doesn't add much time to the whole process 
and once you do it you'll always do it that way.

Good luck es 73

Don N9OO

Transmaster wrote:
> I'll pull it out again and check it out again.  I am a little upset at
> myself.  I hate it when I do something with a radio and make things
> worse.  I need to have more patient.  Yes Larry if push come to shove
> I will send it to you. 8^)
>
> Ken
>
> On 2/27/07, Larry Taft <ltaft at charter.net> wrote:
>> Ken,
>>
>> Are you sure you had the pins lined up properly before you pushed the
>> DR-7 board down?
>> Also check the 5 volt regulators for output.  Sometimes a wire gets
>> broken in the little plugs.
>> After that its check the several places tha tsignals come into the
>> board, like the 40 mhz on the center pin of the 3 in the right rear of
>> the DR-7 board.
>>
>> If you need  to send it off I am in the business and have repaired many
>> TR-7s.
>>
>> 73, Larry  K2LT
>> drakerepair.com   800-687-9161
>>
>> Transmaster wrote:
>> > I think I must has pissed off the Drake gods.  I very carefully
>> > removed the DR-7 board in order to get at the boards under it.  I was
>> > equally careful re-installing it, and you guest it, the DR-7 board
>> > doesn't work any more.  All it does now is show zeros across the
>> > displays  for a slit second when I turn the radio off. and, of course,
>> > the receiver doesn't function anymore.  No more messing around until
>> > I have the other TR-7.  But I am beginning to think I would be better
>> > off sending it to one of the tech's here who know this rig.   A vacuum
>> > tube transmitters, and receivers are old hat but solid state gear is
>> > just not my cup of tea.
>> >
>> > Ken de W7ITC
>> >
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