Marine Receiver – Drake MSR 2

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Dear Sparks,

DRAKE Company produced a long serie of general communications receivers, some of them dedicated to marine radio communications, the MSR-2 is one example of these very good equipments employed on several cargo ships of many flags, Drake has been one of the first Company to supply their receivers with the digital frequency readout.

On the video below it is showed the DSR-2 receiver very similar to the MSR-2 that’s because on the web a video of MSR-2 is not available

Country                    USA
Producer                 Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio Years                       1974–1978
Type:                        solid state

 

Principle	Supereterodyne double / triple conversion; ZF/IF 50500/50 kHz
Bands	Medium waves and Short waves
Power supply	AC 120/240 Volt
Power audio out	2 W
Materials	Mobil mount
Shape	Rack
Size  (LxHxD)	480 x 133 x 380 mm / 18.9 x 5.2 x 15 inch
Notes	Coverage 10 kHz – 30 MHz, AM, CW, USB/LSB, ISB; Digital frequency readout through nixie tubes up to 100 kHz, integrated noise blanker. Marine receiver also sold as DEBEG MSR-2, Hagenuk EE334, SAIT MR 1415, CRM 3928.
Weight	11.5 kg / 25 lb 5.3 oz (25.33 lb)

 

73’s

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