For those of us who like the warm tube radio sound, I have found that the
Drake 2-A and Drake 2-B are not only great old amateur receivers, but they
make great short receivers as well. JAN crystals still custom makes crystals
that will allow the Drakes to tune 49, 31, 25, and 16 meter SW bands.

With the SW crystals, the radios offers triple conversion, high sensitvity,
selectable selectivity, stable and accurate LMO, all in a small package size
that doesn't take up a table. The matching Q multiplier/speaker is a plus
also.

I am sure that I'm not the first to find this out, but I thought I would
pass along my satisfaction with these grand old radio receivers.

Jim

For AM reception, the 2A has a bit wider filter range than the 2B.

Big drawback to either is that it is much smaller than most accompanying BA
transmitters - except for the Harvey Wells.

Years ago a friend of mine owned an NC-183D. One day he brought a 2B home
to compare. The next day he gave away his NC-183D to a neighbor kid and
bought the 2B.

Colin K7FM

i use my 2b and 2bq with my dx-60 and hg-10b. very satisfied. 73 ku4yp

"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
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For AM reception, the 2A has a bit wider filter range than the 2B.

Big drawback to either is that it is much smaller than most accompanying
BA
transmitters - except for the Harvey Wells.

Years ago a friend of mine owned an NC-183D. One day he brought a 2B home
to compare. The next day he gave away his NC-183D to a neighbor kid and
bought the 2B.

Colin K7FM

Hi Colin,
Although a bit larger, my Johnson Navigator is a nice mate, and I would
guess the DX-35/40 also would look nice- although not in the "big iron"
class.

Dale W4OP