Yup; I used my TR22C for many years as a base station also.  Used it
indoors with a quarter-wave whip made from a coat hanger as well as the
rubber duck which I used (hanging down, of course) when using the radio
portable.  For long-term used, I'd also carry (on the other shoulder) a
8-amp-hour gelcell pack that would run the little Drake almost
indefinitely.  A friend built me a 2-meter amplifier running a 829 and
driven at 1 watt that would give me 25 watts out easily.

I also had all 12 channels crystaled up.

That was, indeed, a great little radio!

First 2-meter FM machine I owned, though, was the 2-meter equivalent of
the Pierce-Simpson VHF marine rig -- 25 watts, six channel crystal rig.

Anyone use a G.E. Prog Line?

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Don Bishop wrote:

> The tr22c did have 12 channels and the original tr22 had 6.  I used a
> tr22c for a good many years.  while the other radios came and went via
> trade or whatever, I kept the tr22c the longest and used it as a base
> station when I was living in appartments in the mid 70's.  Not sure
> what ever happened to it, but it really was a great little radio and
> the first portable I'd ever owned.  Had all 12 channels crystalled up
> too!
>
> I used inside antennas then because the intermod was just too bad on
> anything outside.
>
> Don
>
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:54:34 -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:
>
> >Actually, the Standard SR146A HT was a contemporary of the Drake TR22c
> >(the Standard had 5 xtal channels; the TR22C had 12 -- there was also a
> >6-channel version of the TR22C but can't remember its model number).
> >
> >Ah, trivia!
> >
> >Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> >Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
> >
> >On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Brett Winchester wrote:
> >
> >> ah yes I had wanted one of those but never had one.  As Mike has indicated =
> >> as others the first 2m ht packset radio was the Drake tr22c.  This was the =
> >> first new radio I had ever bought myself.  Great radio while in  college =
> >> but I never thought of putting the rubber duck on the bottem as I had seen =
> >> one person do later.  The KDK first one was an fm14410sxrII (whewww try =
> >> that for memory joggers) and followed with a 2015r and the fm240.  I still =
> >> would probably have that one had I not reversed the dc leads on it and =
> >> fried most of the innards.  The TX and RX modules were ok along with the =
> >> pa but never cold get that to work right again.  I really like the speech =
> >> chip in that one and enjoyed listening to the  neighbors cordless phone on =
> >> 140 (think it was a spur on their end). =20
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank You!
> >>
> >> BRETT K WINCHESTER  PM  KD7JN
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> >> >>> Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]> 02/19/02 12:18PM >>>
> >> I remember the KDK radios.  I never had one.  After I sold the Clegg, I
> >> bought the Yeasu FT221 all mode 2 meter transceiver.  Boy did I have fun
> >> with that radio.
> >>
>