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The R.L. Drake company was founded in 1943 by Robert L. Drake, a young engineer with a significant background in radio
design for major industry concerns. The company began as a manufacturer of low pass and high pass filters for the government
and amateur radio market.

After World War II, the company applied its engineering expertise to the consumer market and started producing amateur or
"ham" radio transmitters and receivers.

Drake no longer manufacture ham radio products.

RECEIVERS

Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Year	Quicknote
1-A	10-80 m	SSB / CW	1957	One optional band
2-A	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1960	Seven optional bands
2-B	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1961
2-C	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1966	One optional band
MSR-1	0.01-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW / ISB	1971
MSR-2	0.01-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW / ISB	1974
R-4	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1964
R-4A	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1966
R-4B	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1967
R-4C	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	1973
R-7	0.01-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1977
R-7A	0.01-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1981
R-8	0.1-30 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / FM / SSB / CW / RTTY	1991
R-8A	0.1-30 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / FM / SSB / CW / RTTY	1995
R-8B	0.1-30 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / FM / SSB / CW / RTTY	1997
R-8E	0.1-30 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / FM / SSB / CW / RTTY	199x
R-77	0.01-30 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / SSB / CW	19xx
R-8000	0.1-30 / 35-55 / 108-174 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / FM / SSB / CW / RTTY	199x
RR-1	0.15-30 MHz (With gaps)	AM / SSB / CW	1971	Four optional bands
RR-1B	?-? MHz	AM / SSB / CW	19xx	Prototype?
RR-2	0.15-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1974
RR-3	0.01-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1981
SPR-4	0.15-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1970
SSR-1	0.5-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	1975
SW-1	0.1-30 MHz	AM	1996
SW-2	0.1-30 MHz	AM / SSB / CW	19xx
SW-4	0.5-30 MHz (In selected bands)	AM	1966	Transistor/tube hybrid
SW-8	0.1-30 / 87-108 / 118-137 MHz	AM / Sync-AM / SSB / WFM	1994

TRANSMITTERS

Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Max O/P	Year	Quicknote
2-NT	10-80 m	CW	60 W	1964
T-4	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	100 W	1965
T-4B	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	120 W	196x
T-4X	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	100 W	1965	Four optional 500 KHz segments
T-4XB	10-80 m	SSB / CW	120 W	1967
T-4XC	10-160 m	SSB / CW	120 W	1973

HANDIES/PORTABLES

Pix	Doc	Mod	Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Max O/P	Year	Quicknote
			TR-22	2 m	FM	1 W	1971	XTAL
			TR-33C	2 m	FM	1.5 W	1976	XTAL

MOBILE VHF/UHF

Pix	Doc	Mod	Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Max O/P	Year	Quicknote
			TR-72	2 m	FM	10 W	197x	XTAL

BASE VHF/UHF

Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Max O/P	Year	Quicknote
TR-6	6 m	AM / SSB / CW	100 W	1968
TR-270	2 m	FM	25 W	1997	RX: 136-174 / 420-470 MHz
UV-3	2 m / 1.25 m (220 MHz) / 70 cm	FM	35 / 15 / 10 W	1977
UV-3E	2 m/70 cm	FM	35 / 10 W	1978

HF TRANSCEIVERS

Model	Band/QRG	Mode	Max O/P	Year	Quicknote
TR-3	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	150 W	1963
TR-4C	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	100 W	1977
TR-4CW	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	150 W	1977
TR-5	10-160 m	SSB / CW	80 W	1981	RX: 1.8-30 MHz
TR-7	10-160 m	AM / SSB / CW	120 W	1977	RX: 1.5-30 MHz
TR-44	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	100 W	196x	An R-4 and T-4 in the same cabinet
TR-44B	10-80 m	AM / SSB / CW	120 W	196x	An R-4B and T-4B in the same cabinet
TR-77	10-160 m + WARC	AM / SSB / CW	150 W	19xx	RX: 0.01-30 MHz