[Amps] DRAKE 6 Meter Amp

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

After careful reflection (and some chain yanking from a couple of folks)

I believe it was the SWAN MKVI that I had. The chap I sold it to is an

SK so it probably got sold off by the estate.

 

73, Dick, W1KSZ
 


Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:33:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [Amps] DRAKE 6 Meter Amp
From: jcshirle at gmail.com
To: stevek at jmr.com
CC: w1ksz at q.com; amps at contesting.com


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

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Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:49 AM
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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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