Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. I ordered a phono plug
adapter from Universal Radio, downloaded a manual from BAMA, ordered a
7-pin adapter from Don Garrett and scrounged some wire and phono plugs
to make the jumpers. Hopefully this should give me something to do over
the holidays. Looking forward to getting this rig fired up. I also
scronged a 3.2 ohm motorola speaker from an old police unit which
should work fine as speaker. Thanks again and Hppy Holidays!!--Ted
--KQ4MZ
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Hi all, my name is Ted (KQ4MZ) and I just came into posession of a
Drake R4-C receiver which I intend to build a Drake station from. For
now I just plan to use this as an extra receiver. My question is how
can I connect a coax to the antenna jack on the back of the receiver? I
have never owned any older tube gear aside from old swl radios and have
never seen a phono plug type jack for an antenna. Can I solder the
center conductor of the coax to the pin on a male phono plug and the
braid to the body of the plug? Any help would be most appreciated. I
want to be able to connect the Drake into an antenna switch that I have
all my other rigs connected to . Thanks again for any and all
thoughts.
Ted---KQ4MZ


Ted,

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