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Dak 9


As if there were only one DAK mark 9. Had two tubes, one for modulation audio and the other for the RF final stage. Some versions had larger octal-base tubes, later versions had smaller 9-pin base tubes.

Biggest problem besides wretchedly-poor soldering and build quality was the transistor AM mobile radio at the heart of it. A Korean copy of what was Midland's cheapest 3-knob mobile radio at the time. The radio's PLL synthesizer is in a separate shield enclosure. Not a bad thing by itself, but at least one production run had PLL problems. The radio would lock onto the channel frequency only over a limited range of around 20 channels. The fix turned out to be criminally simple. The trace to the PLL chip's divider input got cut and a disc capacitor installed across the cut. The receiver had very little resistance to overload from strong signals on other channels. Did not have a functional noise blanker.

For my money 100 percent of a Mark 9's value is as a shelf ornament. Looks like the ship-to-shore radio from the Queen Mary.

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@nomadradio thanks for all the info it would definitely make a nice eye peice to the collection probably gonna let it slide. The guy who owns it goes by the name Bigfoot he said he got the radio off a guy who went by mountain dew. Don't know what credibility that leaves us but to each their own.
 
If it were a dak X maybe but even then it still takes up too much real-estate for what it does or doesnt do and the quality wasnt there as nomad saying. Very low power and the 9 was am only, 10 was am/ssb. Might be a good choice to drive a low drive 3 stage tube amp
I picked up a 9 last year for $80 trade value local and flipped it on ebunk for $350 plus shipping but it was a toe stubber on my floor for months before it found a home.
Really its just a big empty box
 
Yes it looks nice. Its big giant shiny base station with a bunch of switches, knobs and meters.
But parts are scarce for the daks, mainly the facial parts, knobs, switches and meters. Unless the face is near mint, no broken switches, meters or missing knobs walk away every time.
Some folks gut the insides and use different boards. Cobra 148gtl boards seem to be a favorite.
I know i had read about or saw a sale of a 148gtl converted dak but i cant find it now though i did find this
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/dak-9-mods-and-upgrades.41169/
 

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