Drake MN-4

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Image: Joe Veras, K9OCO

Name/Title

Drake MN-4

Description

200 Watt HF Antenna Tuner

Category

Antenna Tuner

Made/Created

Manufacturer

R. L. Drake Company

Date made

1967 - 1978

Valuations

Value

$90.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Dec 1967, p. 127. QST, Jun 1973, p. 125. QST, Jan 1975, p. 103. QST, Oct 1976, p. 115. QST, Dec 1977, p. 116. The Drake MN-4 matching network handled transmitter outputs of up to 200 watts. It matched unbalanced loads up to 5:1 VSWR and had band-switched coverage of 80–10 meters. The MN-4 had a switch position for an external dummy load and another that bypassed the tuner. Appears to have been replaced with the MN-4C in September of in 1978. See separate listing for MN-4C.