[AlexW]

“All the old, white guys like Yaesu /sarc”
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Us old white guys remember the Collins gear, then Drake was king. I worked the world with a Drake TR-3
The Japs have taken over, and my last rig was the Yaesu 890 that I left behind when I fled the USSA.

[JRandomFreeper]

I have a busted Drake DX-4 and TX-4 in another room. The condensers gave up all at once when I applied power after a few years deployed.

I'm still torn between selling them as parts radios, or putting the effort into rebuilding them.

The problem knocked out the main transformer... that's a sticking point.

Sweet radios. I spent a lot of time on them, CW and SSB. Nice part was that you could put a glass coffee pot over the finals and keep it warm all night long.

/johnny

[usconservative]

Us old white guys remember the Collins gear, then Drake was king. I worked the world with a Drake TR-3 The Japs have taken over, and my last rig was the Yaesu 890 that I left behind when I fled the USSA.

Collins S-Line is still some of the best equipment you can get your hands on. I personally wouldn't mind getting my hands on a Drake TR-4.

I just finished *today* restoring a Yaesu FT-101ZD and put it back on-air. What a beautiful rig. Receive is more sensitive than my more modern Kenwood TS-2000 and I received a number of compliments on the audio. Paired it with a Heil GM-4.