[Amps] DRAKE 6 Meter Amp

[Jack Shirley]

Its AS-29  Titled " A 2 kilowatt 3-400z Linear for Six Meters. by William I
Orr

w6sai

It appears to be from a published art. in QST although they give it a date.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Kevin LaHaie <klahaie at centricata.com> wrote:

> Hello Jack
>
> I am just about to embark on converting my Swan Mark II (along with another
> for a friend) to 6m, and I would love to know where to get a copy of the
> Eimac newsletter.  any ideas?  Eimac still publish those?  any chance you
> have th enewsletter #!?
>
> I missed buying a Mark 6B recently, so guess I'll make my own!
>
> 73 Kevin K7ZS
>
> Jack Shirley wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>