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July 9th 04, 07:39 PM

K5DH

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I recently bought a Drake TR-4C / RV-4C / AC-4 station
which came from an estate. The gear is nice and clean
and appears to be 100% stock.

After I rebuilt the power supply and replaced a couple
of tubes, the station is operational with the exception
that I have no push-to-talk (PTT). VOX works fine on CW
and SSB. I replaced the 6EV7 tube, and that didn't help.
I tried two different microphones and got the same result
with both of them. Both mics work fine with my B-Line,
so it's not a mic wiring or switching problem. Before I
dive in with a voltmeter, does anyone have any suggestions
on what may be wrong, perhaps based on personal experience?
And yes, I'm aware that the CW key must either be closed
or unplugged for PTT to function.

If you are set for SSB operation and plug a key in, does
closing the key transmit?

Nope. Closing the key yields a momentary click of the T/R
relay and that's it.

I would start looking at the CW key jack and the microphone
jack and the associated wiring.
--scott

Already looked at the wiring. Didn't see anything wrong with
it. No evidence it's ever been tampered with, either.

Dean

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