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Telecommunications Systems Founded 1943 Headquarters Flag of the
United States.svg Franklin, Ohio, USA Products Digital Cable TV
Equipment Owner(s) Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. Website
www.rldrake.com Drake TR-4, W-4, MS-4 circa 1971  The R. L.
Drake Company is a manufacturer of electronic communications
equipment located in Franklin, Ohio. It is also known for its
line of equipment for amateur radio and shortwave listening,
built in the 1950s through the 1980s. The company operates as a
separate entity owned by Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc.   The
company was founded in 1943 by radio design engineer Robert L.
Drake. The company began as a manufacturer of low pass and high
pass filters for the government and amateur radio market, and
after World War II, produced amateur radio transmitters and
receivers.[1]  Amateur stations made up of Drake gear were used
on a number of record-breaking hot