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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I had a 2B with the Q-Multipler. I would hunt for crystals at the
fleamarkets for various utility bands as well as Shortwave.</p>
<p>I liked the 2B case better than the grey hammer tone case of the
2C. I have not seen a 2A.</p>
<p>73 Eric</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18-Dec-21 7:05 PM, Andy Wallace
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<div dir="ltr">Bammi, what a wonderful message to read today!
Guess what, I just took my own Drake 2-B off the shelf the other
day and dusted ten years of cruft and cat hairs out of it. Next
comes some tube pin and contact cleaning. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">But coincidentally I reread the 2-B manual section
on using auxiliary crystals in the band A thru E crystal
sockets. I had stuffed five crystals in there but now realize I
had mismarked some for the ranges they cover. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">The manual highlights the fact that a single
crystal can cover two ranges by moving from one socket to
another. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">With that in mind, I ordered 100 crystals from
ebay, cheap, for 13.5 MHz. This will cover 9.4-10.0 MHz in the
B socket and 17.0-17.6 MHz in the D socket. 9.4 is a busy SWL
band (31m) and 17.0 is below the 17m SWL band but you might
catch some outlying broadcasters. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">The catch is these are not the large cased HC-6/U
crystals but the narrow wire lead HC-18. However by bending the
leads and folding them over they will fit in the socket. Or
adapt to some .050” pins and plug in. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Anyway send me a SASE with two stamps on it and
I’ll mail you one. Good in QRZ. And same goes for other BARS
folks with a 2-B. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">And folks, if you have not heard one of these
powerful and small 1960s era receivers, have a look at this demo
here. </div>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://youtu.be/953dyNgizYM"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://youtu.be/953dyNgizYM</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr">This will give you a taste of what it can do. Three
filters, passband tuning, readout to one kHz, and wonderful
sound on SSB, CW, and even AM. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Andy</div>
<div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div>
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On Dec 17, 2021, at 5:50 PM, Jwahar Bammi via bars
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trying to give a Drake 2B some TLC, looking for Drake 2
series crystals, Ham or Broadcast bands and also for a
crystal calibrator. Reasonable amounts of
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<span style="background:white">Season’s Greetings de k1jbd</span><br>
<span style="background:white">bammi</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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