From: "Gerry" 
Subject: [drakelist] TR-6 fun


"Gerry"  made an utterence to the
drakelist gang
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I recently acquired a well-traveled (beat up) TR-6 and 2 original =
manuals.
The top chassis has a lot of corrosion, as you might expect and the case =
was
scratched and rusted in spots. Problem: the schematics for the front end =
and
top and bottom chassis illustrations don't match. Serial number is 175x
range, so this must be a later version. The differences seem to be =
limited
to the front end as the rest of the transceiver follows the manuals. I =
tried
to find other sources of manuals but they all seem to have the earlier
versions. Does anyone out there have some background on what Drake did =
at
some point in the TR-6 production cycle to warrant these changes? In =
spite
of the poor condition the thing still works on both receive and =
transmit. A
.2 microvolt signal is clearly heard and I get about 130 watts out on =
the
WV-4 I also got in the deal.! Fortunately the front panels of both the =
TR-6
and WV-4 are in good shape and all controls work. I temporarily =
repainted
the TR-6 case with automotive truck bed liner. It leaves a flat black
textured finish I can stand to look at for a while plus it hides all =
surface
imperfections. I'll think of a more permanent solution in the spring.
Painting season is over in New Hampshire. It was 24 degrees on the way =
to
work yesterday morning.


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I recently acquired a well-traveled (beat up) TR-6 =
and 2
original manuals. The top chassis has a lot of corrosion, as you might =
expect
and the case was scratched and rusted in spots. Problem: the schematics =
for the
front end and top and bottom chassis illustrations don’t match. =
Serial
number is 175x range, so this must be a later version. The differences =
seem to
be limited to the front end as the rest of the transceiver follows the =
manuals.
I tried to find other sources of manuals but they all seem to have the =
earlier
versions. Does anyone out there have some background on what Drake did =
at some
point in the TR-6 production cycle to warrant these changes? In spite of =
the
poor condition the thing still works on both receive and transmit. A .2
microvolt signal is clearly heard and I get about 130 watts out on the =
WV-4 I
also got in the deal.! Fortunately the front panels of both the TR-6 and =
WV-4
are in good shape and all controls work. I temporarily repainted the =
TR-6 case
with automotive truck bed liner. It leaves a flat black textured finish =
I can
stand to look at for a while plus it hides all surface imperfections.
I’ll think of a more permanent solution in the spring. Painting =
season is
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