[Drake] New 2NT Owner, Soon to be 2C Owner

[Darrell, WA5VGO]

I picked up a new in the box Eico 722 VFO about 10 years ago and paired it 
with my 2NT. I wasn't very impressed. The VFO was built flimsy and had 
chirp. That's not to say they all have chirp, but they are all built pretty 
flimsy. I use a Hallicrafters HT-18 with it now, and it is a rock solid VFO 
with very little drift. Unfortunately the're a little hard to find. I 
suspect the Heathkit HG-10 would be a much better choice than the Eico, and 
the're very available. The transmitter itself is a joy to operate. It has 
no chirp with crystals and works smoothly all the way through 10 meters. 
The only thing I find annoying is the fixed antenna coupling.

Drake ran adds claiming that a matching VFO was "on the way", but it never 
materialized.

Regards,

Darrell, WA5VGO



At 08:47 AM 7/15/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I just bought a Drake 2NT transmitter and it should be here next 
>week.  I've been wanting to put a Drake 2NT/2C station on the air for 
>several years but just never got around to it.  I even bought a 2C a few 
>years back for that station but I sold it last year while thinking "Nah I 
>don't need a 2NT/2C station".  Now I'm looking for a nice 2C and 2CQ 
>speaker/QMultiplier to finally put that station together :->>>>> What can 
>I say....
>
>I'm planning to use an Eico 722 VFO with the 2NT.  That 722 is a stunning 
>looker and should yield a beautiful late 1960's Novice station!  The VFO 
>brings up a question.  I wonder why Drake never made a matching VFO for 
>the 2NT.  A vfo would have been a natural. Drake certainly had the 
>expertise and skills.  Because they didn't, I'm assuming that there 
>weren't enough sales of the 2NT to justify the expense of developing a 
>VFO.  I remember seeing the Drake 2C around 1969 so I figure the 
>transmitter was out around then as well.  There was lots of Novice 
>activity, so the missing VFO is a mystery to me.
>
>Is anyone on here actually using a 2NT/2C/2CQ on the air?   What VFO's are 
>you using or are you using crystals?
>
>73, Scott WA9WFA
>www.qsl.net/wa9wfa
>
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