On Dec 16, 8:36*am, Dave wrote:
BCBlazysusan wrote:
As someone that has been in the hobby for only 12-13 yrs I feel I
should know the answer to this but I don't. What is the reason for
having a "stand by" switch?

I have always had a couple theories and or questions about it? First
the question. I won't ask about the stand by on tube radios. But is it
better for me to just put my receiver on stand by if I don't want to
hear it or I get a phone call etc. etc.? Electronically wise is it OK
for your radio to be on stand by for an extended period of time like
say a half hour or is this bad for your receiver? Is it better for you
to just shut down the receiver all together or just turn the volume
down? Follow me?

I always thought the stand by was for if you were transmitting on
another piece of equipment and you didn't want reverb for lack of a
better word going through your receiver. For the tube type radios, is
it harder or more of a pull electrically on the tubes itself? I am
looking forward to the responses.

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Yes Dave I do. But I just wanted to know if there would be extra pull
created if it was on there for an extended period of time. On the
DX394 at least when you put it on stand by it brings the signal gain
down to nothing so it's actually doing something more electronically
than just muting it IMO if that makes sense. ;-) Thanks for the
response.