Showing posts with label Drake 2B. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drake 2B. Show all posts
Sunday, September 20, 2026

Scott K6AUS gets a Drake 2-B from Steve KW4H

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  Serial 10219, after refurbishment by Steve KW4H, with the 2-BQ he sent as well perched on top. https://nomadiq.net/blog/post/a-drake-2b-fr...
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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Steve KW4H's Restoration of a Drake 2-B -- Part 3 -- Alignment With a New Calibrator

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Steve KW4H writes:   T he passband tuner realigning went just fine. To do this, I remove the audio output transformer and push it aside, ins...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

More on the Drake 2-B from Steve KW4H -- Part 2 -- Recapping. Cleaning Tubes and Sockets. Tube Tester

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The recap is finished.  You can see the new Hayseed Hamfest cap on the chassis, as well as the other new caps.  In these receivers, I also r...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Steve KW4H's Notes on the Drake 2-B -- Part 1 - Excision of an Unnecessary Mechanical Filter

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Obviously I am interested in the Drake 2-B.    Steve KW4H restores rigs of this vintage (similar to our own vintage!).  He has sent me some ...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

SolderSmoke Podcast #265: AI Pete, WSPR, sBITX, San Diego, Last Ditcher, NYC, 17-12 Fix, MMM Blasphemy, 6T9er, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #265 is ready for download.  Video Version:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jWYe6NxnJA Audio Version:  http://solders...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Update: How Many Drake 2-B Receivers Were Made? Can Someone Send a Drake 2-B to Scott?

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We first looked at this question way back in 2011:  https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-many-drake-2-bs-german-tank-problem.html Sc...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

WA4CHQ -- A Virginian QRPer and Homebrewer

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     This guy had a Drake 2-B,  Heathkit DX-35 with VF-1, and an FT-101EE.   He builds homebrew rigs.  He sailed from England to Virginia on...
Monday, May 5, 2025

I admit it. I am not 100% homebrew. I hang my head in shame.

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Walter KA4KXX and Mike WN2A and I were recently talking about the degree to which we are 100% homebrew.  Both these guys come a lot closer t...
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Monday, January 1, 2024

Happy New Year! Straight Key Night at N2CQR (video)

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As you know, here at SolderSmoke East HQ we are all about TRADITION.  So last night (New Year's eve) I fired up my venerable HT-37 / Dra...
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Friday, November 18, 2022

The 2Q -- A Homebrew Solid-State Drake 2-B from 1967

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This is really an amazing project.  Way back in 1967 (that's 55 years ago) John Aggers W5ETT of Ponca City, Oklahoma decided to homebrew...
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Monday, September 5, 2022

Why Do Some VFOs Tune More Linearly Than Others?

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This has been one of the major complaints about our beloved analog LC VFOs:   The frequency tuning on these circuits is often not linear.  F...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

A Surprisingly Good Movie from the Late 1960s: "The Ham's Wide World" (Video)

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I found this movie to be surprisingly good.  Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, it features Barry Goldwater, and a lot of other hams.  There is a h...
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Thursday, February 3, 2022

Exorcism Lite -- Spur Suppressed on 17 meter Transmitter -- Split TX/RX Station On The Air

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I spent most of January in the tropics, away from my workbench.  This seems to have had a good effect on my 17 meter split TX/RX project.  A...
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Straight Key Night 2021/2022 (Videos) -- Happy New Year!

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I made a few contacts on 40 meter CW using my old Hallicrafters HT-37 and Drake 2-B.  Happy New Year to all!  73   Bill 
Sunday, November 21, 2021

KG7TR's Magnificent 75S-2B Receiver -- Tubes, an Si5351, an Arduino, a Bit of Collins, and a Bit of a Drake 2-B

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  Oh man, I share this with much trepidation because the last time I posted something about the work of Mike KG7TR ,  Pete N6QW said he fel...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Drake 2-B Advertisement

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A thing of beauty.  
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Pete's Drakes

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Pete Juliano N6QW has on his blog two very nice videos about the Drake A-line.   As long-standing fanatical fan of the Drake 2-B, I was stru...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

It's an INVESTMENT!

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  Exactly what we've been saying about Drake 2-Bs and copies of SSDRA!  
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

1962 Ad Describes Origins of the Drake 2-B

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

HA-600A Gets a New Coat of Paint -- After Almost 50 years!

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  The HA-600A that I picked up last week was looking kind of sorry.  There was a lot of rust on the cabinet.  Below is the before picture.  ...
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