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


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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