[Drake] SW-4 S/N UPDATE

[Jim]

I have sn 2904. R4C dial without the Radio New York WW logo (thankfully).
Restored it last summer. Was rusted badly.
Jim
WA8SDF


> From: W8DRZ at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:53:54 EST
> To: Drake at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Drake] SW-4 S/N UPDATE
> 
> SW-4 S/N UPDATE....
> 
> So far I have received 17 e-mails from SW-4 / SW-4A
> owners. Every scrap of information helps with sorting
> out this Drake puzzle.
> 
> I don't have enough information yet to do a serial  Number breakdown of the
> SW-4A versions but I do have
> news on the SW-4.
> 
> A SW-4A with a serial number of 230 has been reported. This is most
> interesting as I own SW-4 S/N 225. With only 4 radios between the first
> version 
> and the reported "A"version.
> 
> This would indicate that a much smaller number of SW-4's
> may have been built making it perhaps the rarest Drake
> production radio known.
> 
> As of yet I have not heard of a SW-4 with a S/N greater than 225 or a SW-4A
> of less than 230.
> 
> Make's one wonder where they meet, hi hi.
> 
> More to come
> 
> 73
> 
> Jim - W8DRZ
> 
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