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June 27th 08, 12:53 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the
receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? |
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June 27th 08, 12:57 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
Justis wrote: I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? Saw your post earlier today on the Yahoo group and I tried mine out and no pop here, nor bronx cheer. Where did you have yours serviced? |
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June 27th 08, 01:48 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
dxAce wrote:
Justis wrote: I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? Saw your post earlier today on the Yahoo group and I tried mine out and no pop here, nor bronx cheer. Where did you have yours serviced? No pop with my R8A, either. Only the clean click of a relay, and then audio. As for alignment, a quick, although not definitive test, is to tune in a station of known frequency and stability. WWV is fine for this. Tune to the center of the channel--make sure the Passband Offset is centered, too--with each of the filters in place, and check for frequency readout. If you're on frequency, with equal skirts on each side, alignment is pretty close. Do this on each WWV frequency. If results are fairly consistent at each dial position, your alignment is likely pretty good. |
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June 27th 08, 02:04 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: Justis wrote: I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? Saw your post earlier today on the Yahoo group and I tried mine out and no pop here, nor bronx cheer. Where did you have yours serviced? No pop with my R8A, either. Only the clean click of a relay, and then audio. Checked my R8A (listening to the guys on 3850 with it now) and no problem with it or the R8B which was checked earlier. As for alignment, a quick, although not definitive test, is to tune in a station of known frequency and stability. WWV is fine for this. Tune to the center of the channel--make sure the Passband Offset is centered, too--with each of the filters in place, and check for frequency readout. If you're on frequency, with equal skirts on each side, alignment is pretty close. Do this on each WWV frequency. If results are fairly consistent at each dial position, your alignment is likely pretty good. |
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June 27th 08, 02:32 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: Justis wrote: I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? Saw your post earlier today on the Yahoo group and I tried mine out and no pop here, nor bronx cheer. Where did you have yours serviced? No pop with my R8A, either. Only the clean click of a relay, and then audio. Checked my R8A (listening to the guys on 3850 with it now) and no problem with it or the R8B which was checked earlier. As for alignment, a quick, although not definitive test, is to tune in a station of known frequency and stability. WWV is fine for this. Tune to the center of the channel--make sure the Passband Offset is centered, too--with each of the filters in place, and check for frequency readout. If you're on frequency, with equal skirts on each side, alignment is pretty close. Do this on each WWV frequency. If results are fairly consistent at each dial position, your alignment is likely pretty good. Does Homey hear the relay? There may be some kind of mute function that silences the turn-on transient that is malfunctioning. The fart noise is a stumper. |
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June 27th 08, 02:40 PM
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Drake R8 POP..On turn on
Dave wrote: dxAce wrote: D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: Justis wrote: I just had my R8 in for a checkup(I bought it used recently) and the receiver has a pop in the speaker when turning it on. The tecky says this is normal with all R8's. Is this true? I think not. He also said the alignment is A1...can I believe him now? !@#$% Sometime it even emits a short duration and diminishing in volume, bronx cheer when turned on. Anyone experienced this with their set? Saw your post earlier today on the Yahoo group and I tried mine out and no pop here, nor bronx cheer. Where did you have yours serviced? No pop with my R8A, either. Only the clean click of a relay, and then audio. Checked my R8A (listening to the guys on 3850 with it now) and no problem with it or the R8B which was checked earlier. As for alignment, a quick, although not definitive test, is to tune in a station of known frequency and stability. WWV is fine for this. Tune to the center of the channel--make sure the Passband Offset is centered, too--with each of the filters in place, and check for frequency readout. If you're on frequency, with equal skirts on each side, alignment is pretty close. Do this on each WWV frequency. If results are fairly consistent at each dial position, your alignment is likely pretty good. Does Homey hear the relay? Did Rickets take his meds? |
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