[ForSale-Swap] FS:Excellent SPR-4 Receiver with all Factory Options. . . . .

[K9ze at aol.com]

Very  Nice Drake SPR-4 plus Factory Options
 
My brother bought this receiver new in June of 1975, about two months  
before my wife and I got married.    For about the next five  years, it sat on 
his desk in his office, and was his often-used SWL  receiver.
Summer, 1980, it was put back into its original box and was placed  in my 
parents basement storage room, along with most of his personal  belongings.   
  Earlier this year, plans were made to sell  our parent’s farm later this 
year, and I was asked to start selling off all of  his radio gear, and I’m 
doing that now.
About six weeks ago, this SPR-4  receiver saw the light of day for the 
first time in almost thirty  years.   And for the past few weeks, it’s been 
sitting on my  home-office desk and connected to an outside 160 meter loop 
antenna.
I don’t  know how much good it actually did, or if it might have prevented 
any Smoke from  leaking out; but I did let it come up to speed on an old 
VARIAC for about half  an hour.
Listening to it the past few weeks, it really has surprised me as to  how 
well it works  - - - all bands & all modes (AM, CW,  SSB).   There’s no drift 
after a couple minutes warm-up, dial is very  accurate, noise blanker 
actually works, and it’s impressively  sensitive.    I’m certain that a thorough 
alignment should be in  its near future, but for now, it’s a very capable 
receiver and seems to work  quite well as it should.  The only pain in the 
butt, or downside I’ve  experienced is that every 500 KHz tuning range (23 of 
them) has to be re-peaked  with the pre-selector when changing bands.
 
All 23 crystal sockets are filled - by the way.   All of the ham  bands 10 
through 160 (no WARC) are completely covered, and very nearly all other  
frequencies from 150 kHz to 30 MHz.   23 Crystals in all.
 
What’s really neat as well, is that this receiver has the optional factory  
5-NB Noise Blanker and the optional SCC-4 Crystal Calibrator.
And. . . . On  top of that, it also comes with the very seldom-seen AL-4 DF’
ing long-wave Loop  Antenna that plugs directly into the chassis through 
the cabinet top. . . and  rotates.  
 
So the bottom line here, is that this receiver has seen very, very little  
use and looks pretty close to New.   No marks, scratches, or dents  in/on 
the cabinet or faceplate, knobs look new, chassis shows absolutely no  signs 
of rust or corrosion or pitting, and everything seems to work as it  should, 
mechanically & electrically.
And as well, the factory original  shipping box is included, and also the 
factory original  Owner’s/Operating/Maintenance Manual.   None of the pages 
have any  markings and there are no dog-eared corners. 
 
I think this receiver represents a very unique find, and I’m pricing it at  
$700  - - - that price to include museum-quality double boxing and shipping 
 and insurance to any of the Lower 48.
If you’re able to pick this receiver  up, rather than shipping, I’ll 
deduct $60.00 from that.   And if it’s  of any help with your picking it up, I’
ll offer to drive out to within a couple  of hours of Fort Wayne , Indiana, 
for delivery of it.
If you might like to  have photos or a copy of Specifications, or have 
questions; please just  ask.   Serial Number of this receiver is:  4380.
Thanks for  reading all this gibberish. . . . .
Ron Hensel, K9ZE, Ossian,  Indiana    (Hm) 260-622-7040  or _k9ze at aol.com_ 
(mailto:k9ze at aol.com)  
 
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