[Boatanchors] Drake 2B

[K0DAN]

AMEN!!!

Also widely overlooked is how inovative the passband tuning was, still 
seldom equalled to this day, as was the stability and sensitivty of the 2B. 
If you couldn't afford Collins (and who could in those days?) there was 
pretty much nothing else which could do as much for so little as the 2B/2BQ.

My $0.02

73

K0DAN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John King" <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:45 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Drake 2B


>I am amazed at some of the comments on the Drake 2B. I was licensed in
>1958,
> just yesterday. Like Carl, I was here when the 2B was born and licensed
> and
> hamming.
>
> What was available? Hallicrafters was advertising the SX 101 as"The
> Heavyweight
> champion". Look at QST advertisements where they "brag" that it weighed 75
> pounds. I still have an SX 101. I had an SX 100, as I still do, and I lost
> 50
> pounds chasing it around the room and turning the audio down to eliminate
> microphonics. I am not being unfair to Hallicrafters, Hammarlund or
> National
> because I have one or two of each and in some cases 4 of one Hammarlund.
> NOT ONE
> of these manufacturers, in my opinion, built an AMATEUR receiver that
> could hold
> a light the the Drake 2B which weighs about 12 pounds and cost 279.00 at
> the
> time it was introduced.
>
> Comparing a Drake 2B to  an $8,000.00 to $10,000  (rice box) receiver that
> you
> can't work on if it breaks is just plain ridiculous  because you are
> living in a
> watermelon world and comparing a cucumber.
>
> The 2B was an outstanding SSB receiver in the early 1960s  and worked
> circles
> around the others. It is, even today, a GREAT little receiver and is more
> than
> adequate for a competent operator to work the world with. I have many many
> receivers and my Drakes begin with the 1A and go through the TR3, TR4 and
> all
> from R4 through R4C. I have a 2B as well as 2A. If you don't like them or
> any
> other piece of gear, give yourself an examination before you spout off
> comparing
> a 1927 Cheverolet to an 2011 Cadillac. All I am saying is that most of the
> gear
> was GOOD for it's' period and the 1927 Cheverolet will get you to
> Kalamazoo just
> as the Cheverolet if you can drive a manual transmission and spare an air
> conditioner. 73, John, K5PGW
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