• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio

• Year
• 1976–1978

• Category
• Amateur-Receiver (amateur bands, may include broadcast bands)

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 73748

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• Number of Transistors
• 17

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Wadley-Loop principle (including dual superhet); ZF/IF 44500/3000/455 kHz

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Line plus power jack, mostly with battery or storage battery / AC: 117 or 234 / DC: 8 x1.5 /12-14 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8.2 cm = 3.2 inch

• Power out
• 2 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Communications Receiver SSR-1 - Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 13 x 5.5 x 11 inch / 330 x 140 x 279 mm

• Notes

• ICs: 2
  Continuous coverage 500 kHz - 30 MHz, AM, USB/LSB, CW, RTTY, preselector. Triple Conversion Wadley-Loop. 1. IF 44500–45500 kHz (1 MHz ±150 kHz bandwith), 2. IF 2000-3000 kHz, tuned Stage, 3. IF 455 kHz. External power supply (12–14 V) possible.
  Durchgehender Frequenzbereich von 500 kHz – 30 MHz; AM, SSB. Dreifachsuper, 1. ZF breitbandig 44500–45500 kHz ±150 kHz, 2. ZF 2000-3000 kHz, abgestimmt, 3. ZF 455 kHz. Externe Stromversorgung (12–14 V) möglich.

  Price in Italy 1975 269,000 ITL.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.4 kg / 14 lb 1.6 oz (14.097 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 980.00 DM

• Source of data
• Shortwave Receivers - Past & Present (3rd ed.)

• Mentioned in
• Hannes Bauer-Katalog, 1976

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Funkschau (24/1976, S. 1077, 1078, 1079)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original prospect or advert (“Radio Rivista” organo ufficiale dell’ARI Italia, numero 9, settembre 1975.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 154 models, 99 with images and 61 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Drake, R.L. Miamisburg, Ohio