Hi All, I looked at an enlarged version of the Ad below. Both of the boxes, located on either side of the 2B, look similar to (but not exactly like) my B&K 381 Electronic T-R switch. A B&W T-R switch could easily do 60 WPM as there is no relay to slow it down. The one on the left appears to have an angle coax connecor on the edge of it's right front panel.
73 Roger VE7LB From: Drakelist [mailto:drakelist-boun...@zerobeat.net] On Behalf Of Bob W5GU Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 2:15 PM To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Subject: Re: [Drakelist] 2B for CW I understood she didn't use any TR switch. This is from 1962. http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeAds/Drake_QST_0462.htm Bob W5GU On 2/14/14 2:22 PM, lane denune wrote: Hi Drakelist Gang ; Got a really sweet 2B receiver from a Drake List contributor a couple of weeks ago. What a great little rig! Not much to look at, never made a matching transmitter to go with it, but the 2BQ is a really nice addition to it's performance. The 2B's really can dig out the weak one's and I am impressed! If I can catch a signal, I can make adjustments to the rig and add some finishing touches with the 2BQ peaking Q multipiler. So nice not to have that hollow/echo sound of an IF filter or DSP (Timewave 599+). Its' sound is soft and mellow or can be made piercingly sharp. Anyway, enough of my ranting and raving...Does anyone recall the XYL CW op who used her 2B for 60wpm CW QSO's? It was a Drake advertisement in a '64 issue of QST. Drake instructed the reader to write to them to find out about the TR switching arrangement she was using for flawless QSK @ 60wpm with her 2B.. Accoring to the ad, she was asked by Drake's engineering dept. to help them develop and test features and performance improvements when they were designing the proto-types. What was the TR switching arrangement she was using? Currently I am running QSK CW with a Johnson TR switch and it is doing a FB job but this is one of those "mysteries" that I would like to have the answer to. 73 from Lane. de n8aft in Columbus, Ohio _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
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