I had so much fun sorting out my FT-101e, and a Drake TR7, that I soon felt the need for another vintage rig to play with. I got to hear of this KW 2000B through a friend of a friend and made some enquiries…
Continue reading “KW 2000B Restoration”Drake TR-7a Repair
I recall one of my “elmers” Ian, G3RRA (sadly now SK) having a Drake TR-7 during my early days in amateur radio. He swore by it and I recall being impressed on the few occasions when he’d kindly supervised this (then) lowly class B operator using it. When a friend announced that he’d purchased one that needed some attention, I was keen to help out, and to re-acquaint myself with this (in my opinion) rather unique rig…
Continue reading “Drake TR-7a Repair”Vectronics Vector 500 Linear Amplifier
I don’t recall ever seeing one of these in the UK before and there is precious little information about them online. Vectronics appear to have been a Canadian company who were active in the ’90’s but, like many, got absorbed by MFJ and disappeared…