Drake 584, 584A, 584C “High Patch”

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

As first seen in advertising.: Image: CQ, May 1955
As first seen in advertising.

Image: CQ, May 1955

Name/Title

Drake 584, 584A, 584C “High Patch”

Description

Phone Patch

Category

Phone Patch

Made/Created

Manufacturer

R. L. Drake Company

Date made

1955 - 1961

Other Name

"High-Patch"

Valuations

Value

$24.95

General Notes

Note

CQ, May 1955, page 68. Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 12. Allied Radio catalog 1959 (issued 1958), p. 384. Allied Radio catalog 1960 (copyright 1959), p. 403. Allied Radio catalog 1961 (copyright 1960), p. 397. The difference between the "A" and "C" versions appears to be the type of microphone connector used, as both early and later versions have been found with three different styles of connectors. The 584-C was specifically designed for use with the Collins KWS-1, 75A-4, KWM-1, 32S-1, and 75S-1 (Allied Radio catalog 1959 (issued 1958), p. 384.) As the manual does not show or describe the connector in detail, and since users could easily modify the patch with any type of connector they found most useful, it is hard to know exactly which connector goes with which type. Matches the 583 Q multiplier.