[Amps] DRAKE 6 Meter Amp

Jack Shirley jcshirle at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 12:33:10 PDT 2009


Yes there was a 6M version of the L4 that never made it to production. There
was at least 2 prototypes, I knew of at least one that was sold and the
buyer said he was going to convert it back to an  L4. If you saw a Drake
L-6, it was probably the last one in existence.

The prototype would have had a black on brushed aluminum front panel as that
was the method used before the silkscreen front panel  artwork was
released for production.

There was an Eimac AS newsletter that showed how to convert a SWAN pair of
3-400z amp to 6m.

73  N8DX  Jack




On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:

> Drake??  You sure you don't mean Swan??
>
> I don't recall Drake every making any sort of 6m amp, at all.  The TR-6 ran
> about 200W PEP output all by itself, though...
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of RICHARD SOLOMON
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:49 AM
> To: Amplifier Reflector
> Subject: [Amps] DRAKE 6 Meter Amp
>
>
>
> At our weekly lunch the other day, talk of 6 Meter Amps and
>
> conversions came up. It reminded me that Drake made a 6
>
> Meter Amp with (IIRC) a pair of 3-500Z's.
>
> I had one of those back in the late 60's and sold it when I
>
> moved into an apartment.
>
>
>
> How many of those did Drake produce ? I haven't seen one
>
> listed for sale in many years. Must not have been that many.
>
>
>
> Now, who did I sell it to ...
>
>
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
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