From: Garey Barrell 
Subject: Re: [drakelist] Re: R-4B headphone jack drilling.


Well, at least I didn't drill a hole through the "badge" on 
the front panel..  !   How many Rangers have you seen with 
the toggle switch or pilot light drilled right through the 
"Viking's" eye!?!?

Garey

john wrote:

> Oh, the humanity!!!!!!!!!!!
> ;-)
> John K5MO
> 
> 
> At 08:03 PM 2/13/04 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote:
> 
>>
>>As long as we are "confessing" ...
>>
>>I put an L-Pad control in one corner of an MS-4 so I could 
>>turn down that RTTY racket while still putting enough into 
>>the TU to saturate the limiter.
>>
>>73, Garey - K4OAH
>>
>>Gerry wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In my original R-4B I "defaced" the MS-4 speaker
grille by drilling a hole
>>>and installing a 1/4" jack. MS-4 speaker grilles are much
easier to find
>>>than R-4B front panels! I guess you could even make a new
grille and paint
>>>it to look original. Anyway, this solution or
"defacing" also solves the
>>>problem of having the headphone jack too close to the RF gain and mode
>>>switch. Particularly if you have large fingers.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net
>>>[mailto:owner-drakelist{at}www.zerobeat.net] On Behalf Of john
>>>Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:39 PM
>>>To: Garey Barrell; David M Eakins
>>>Cc: Drake List Posting
>>>Subject: Re: [drakelist] Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:51:21 -0800
>>>
>>>As Garey points out, it would certainly take away from its value.
>>>It's easy to accomplish the same thing by making an adapter
>>>with about 8" of wire, a female jack on one end, and a
male on the other...
>>>bring the connector out via this cable to a jack below the front panel.
>>>RS has the female 1/4" jacks w/housing to do a neat job of
this without
>>>breaking out the (cringe) drill bits...  :-)
>>>73
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>>At 09:31 AM 2/13/04 -0500, Garey Barrell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mike -
>>>>
>>>>No doubt drilling out the panel and either putting a second 
>>>>jack there would decrease the "collectibility" of the 
>>>>receiver.  It has been done however.  I did one about 30 
>>>>years ago because I got tired of reaching around the side of 
>>>>the receiver, between the receiver and speaker, to try and 
>>>>pull out that right angle plug (not an easy trick) when I 
>>>>wanted the speaker on.
>>>>
>>>>By the way, the front panel phone jack is not exactly 
>>>>wonderful either, since you then have this long phone plug 
>>>>backshell and cord sticking out between the AF Gain and 
>>>>Function switch.  This can be a problem, depending upon 
>>>>whether you are right or left handed.
>>>>
>>>>As for selling it, the value would depend upon whether the 
>>>>prospective buyer wanted a receiver to use, or one to sit on 
>>>>the shelf and admire.
>>>>
>>>>73, Garey - K4OAH
>>>>Atlanta
>>>>
>>>>David M Eakins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I notice that the R4 and R4A/C all have a headphone
jack in the front
>>>
>>>panel.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>My R4B does not, although there is a little mark in the
front panel
>>>
>>>where it
>>>
>>>
>>>>>would go and the Chassis has a hole behind the mark
where it would mount
>>>>>just fine. I wonder what effect if any this would have
on the resale of
>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>
>>>>>receiver, should I want to sell it in the future?
>>>>>
>>>>>73, 
>>>>>
>>>>>Mike - K7OV
>>>>>
>>>>>

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