Sorta true. GM is still (sort of) in the car making business too, but I doubt they could come up
with an inside driver's door handle for your 1965 Oldsmobile. They're still in the business of
making cars, and car door handles are still car door handles! Electronic components are still
components too, just 1/10 the size.
One of the beauty of the Drakes, and others of the time, is that most of the parts that fail are
generic and available plenty of places. I don't see a third IF can as being any different than a
door handle from that standpoint. The same is mostly true of the 7- Line, with the exception of a
few ECL ICs that can be gotten, but are a challenge.
Also, I'm sure Drake would be happy to sell you an IC for the R-8 series
receivers!
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
True but Drake is still in the business of making radios and associated electronics and components
are still components.
On 19-Jun-11 15:20, Don Cunningham wrote:
Mike,
That's really not a fair comparison, Drake having parts as opposed to Ten Tec. Drake went out of
the ham business MANY years ago but carried parts until recent memory for many of their rigs and
serviced them far beyond what other US manufacturers of ham gear did. On the other hand, Ten Tec
advertises as still being in the ham business.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
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