Series: Drake 2-B serials

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26 Jun 2026 · Drake 2-B serials · Bayes Statistics Drank 2B Soldersmoke Radio Mathematics Amateur Ham

How many Drake 2Bs were ever made?

# How Many Drake 2-Bs Were Ever Made? Counting Boatanchors with the German Tank Problem It started, as these things do, with Bill (N2CQR) thinking out loud. On an episode of the *SolderSmoke* podcast he wondered how many Drake 2-B receivers the R.L. Drake Company had ever actuall

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02 Sep 2026 · Drake 2-B serials · Radio Amateur Ham Drank 2B Soldersmoke

Drake 2-B serial catalog

Rear-apron photographs of Drake 2-B serial numbers collected from eBay listings, as a companion to the German-tank estimate of how many were built.

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16 Sep 2026 · Drake 2-B serials · Radio Amateur Ham Drank 2B Soldersmoke

A Drake 2-B from KW4H

Steve Reed, KW4H, refurbished a Drake 2-B and a 2-BQ and sent them to me as a gift for the serial-number work. Serial 10219 now lives here.

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