After much debate, I have decided to part with my superb Drake C-line. I’m keeping the R-4C receiver that has a full set of Sherwood mods and filters, but the remainder is now being listed today.

In this auction you are bidding for a Drake CC-1 converter console with a full set of modules and the TC-2 2m transmit converter. These items are very hard to find and it is especially rare to find them in such MINT condition.

The auction comprises the following:

1. The CC-1 converter console with CPS-1 power supply, SCC-1 crystal calibrator, SC-2 2m receive converter and SC-6 6m converter. Everything is in mint condition. The CPS-1 is for 120V operation and you would need to change the small transformer if you wanted to run it from 240V mains…..or do what I do and just use a simple 110V/240V converter from somewhere like Maplin.

2. The TC-2 2m transmit converter in mint condition.

3. The WV-4 VHF power meter in mint condition. It has the original factory card in the back dated 1978 plus a red Drake repair ticket from 1981.

4. The all-important power lead that loops between the TC-2 and a T-4X transmitter (the transmitter’s AC-4 power supply plugs into the TC-2 direct).

5. A set of original Drake RCA phono leads complete with a brand new card of cable labels.

6. Original manuals and data sheets for everything except the WV-4 power meter. Even an original sales brochure!

7. The Drake system is unusual in that it converts to and from 14MHz rather than the standard 28MHz used by most transverter manufacturers. The R-4C and T-4XC cover 14.0 – 14.5 MHz as standard so I am including accessory crystals for 14.5 – 15.0 MHz and 15.0 – 15.5 MHz.

8. An older spare chassis for the CC-1. If you want to run the crystal calibrator into the SC-2 and SC-6 converters you will need some short lengths of coax with right-angled phono plugs – I was going to use the spare chassis as a source of these as it has some on it.

Now the small print – my terms and conditions………..

As always, I am happy to ship worldwide and will provide quotes for international carriage on request. Postage within the UK will cost GBP £10.

All items leave me having been checked to confirm that they match the auction description and everything is always extremely well packed. Occasionally the postal service messes-up and a parcel gets damaged. In these cases, I will process an insurance claim promptly on your behalf and you will receive a refund when I receive the insurance payment – that is the whole point of insurance. I keep a record of the serial numbers on all electrical equipment I sell and discretely security-mark items where necessary to protect myself against the fraudsters who try to send back their own faulty gear having bought mine as a replacement!

For UK bidders, payment methods are PayPal, cheque, postal order or direct bank transfer (cheques take one whole week to clear thanks to my bank operating in the Dark Ages). PayPal is the preferred payment option for bidders outside the UK. Bidders are always welcome to collect from me personally, in which case, cash on collection works fine, but I may ask for a deposit to be paid at the end of auction.

At the end of auction, I will send the winning bidder an Ebay invoice within 24 hours. Contact will then be expected within 2 days and payment must be received within 7 days from the end of auction unless prior arrangements have been made. Of course if you already know the carriage cost, immediate payment via PayPal is fine.

If I haven’t heard from you or received payment within the specified times above, the item will be re-listed and Ebay’s non-paying bidder process followed. You will also be blocked from bidding on any further auctions of mine. Not paying because you were suddenly called away on business and the person you asked at home to deal with everything was rushed into hospital with an in-growing toenail is not a valid excuse! I normally reply to questions and messages from winning bidders within 24 hours, so if you haven’t heard from me it will be because your email hasn’t got through and not because I have suddenly decided to trash all my Ebay business and disappear off the Planet!

And finally…..I am always happy to answer questions from potential bidders, but please check first that the answer isn’t already in the listing. Messages are much easier to read if you use a mixture of capital letters and lower case, with a bit of punctuation thrown-in here and there. And if you can make it coherent, that would be great :-)