• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio

• Year
• 1961–1965

• Category
• Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 91522

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• Number of Tubes
• 10

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BZ6 6U8 6BE6 6BE6 6BA6 6BF6 6BE6 8BN8 6AQ5 6X4

• Main principle
• Superhet, double/triple conversion; ZF/IF 3500/455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Short Wave (SW only)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 120/240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Power out
• 1 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 2-B - Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 305 x 179 x 228 mm / 12 x 7 x 9 inch

• Notes
• covers 80 - 10m ham bands and 7 additional 600 kHz bands out of 3,5 - 30 MHz range using supplementary crystals, AM, LSB/USB;
  features passband tuning and improved selectivity, standard 0,5 / 2,1 / 3,6 kHz bandwidths, prototype 0,4 / 1,2 / 2,4 / 4,8 kHz (collection Sindre Torp);
  optional external 2-AS speaker or 2-BQ Q-multiplier / speaker, optional 2-AC 100 kHz crystal calibrator, optional 2-LF LF converter

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.6 kg / 14 lb 8.6 oz (14.537 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 279.00 $

• Source of data
• Communications Receivers

• Mentioned in
• Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Funk-Technik (FT) (16/1962, S. 544 - 546 / Ausführliche Beschreibung, Schema)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 154 models, 99 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio