What is difference btwn Drake 2B & 2A?

[Chuck Tappe]

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A converter was available from Drake for 160.  I seem to remember that it
plugged into the calibrator socket.

K8AC

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Crestohl <mc at SOVER.NET>
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Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: What is difference btwn Drake 2B & 2A?


> Lane:
>
> Main difference is the 2B has passband tuning which is one of the key
> features of the 2B.  I bought one in the late 1960s and it still performs
> very respectably on CW and SSB.  The AM bandpass is too narrow for my
> tastes and it doesn't cover 160.
>
> 73.
>
> Michael
> W1RC
>
> At 10:42 PM 11/13/1999 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have traded my SBE 1A amp for a Drake 2A rcvr. Does anyone know what
the
> >differences are between the Drake 2B and the 2A?
> >
> >Lane
> >Ku7i
> >San Diego
>