OK, I found some help on this.
Wiki:
"Herbert G. Johnson, W6QKI founded Swan Engineering. Johnson built the first
ten largely vacuum tube type design single sideband (SSB) transceivers in a
garage in Benson, Arizona in 1960-1961. [snip] . . . Swan merged with Cubic
Corporation in 1967, and Johnson managed Swan as its subsidiary until 1973.
Johnson founded Atlas Radio in 1974."
So apparently the SS-100 and SS-200 must have been released in 1973 because
Herb left the company then, and he had designed both of these.
Now can somebody find first shipment date of the Triton?
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Garwood
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 5:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten
Tec!
The SB-104 was introduced in time for Christmas 1974. The SB-104A came
later......
73 - Steve N0CZV
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> On Oct 2, 2014, at 23:15, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick@DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
> OK but the SB-104 came later.
> The Triton and SS-100 were 1974/75.
> Until that time, transistors had only been used in our receivers, not
> in our transmitters.
>
> Peaking the TX drive control does not disqualify the Argonaut of the
> honor of being the first 5 band transistorized transceiver. Of course
> the 509 which soon followed, did away with the need to peak the driver.
>
> Anyone have any idea how to find first shipment dates on these radios?
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Bryce
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 6:52 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Cc: Don Rasmussen
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please
> Ten Tec!
>
> Don't forget the heathkit sb-104
>
> True solid state with NO tuning.
>
> Even the TT 505 you had to peak the resonate control.
>
> Mike wb8vge
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 2, 2014, at 10:41 AM, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
wrote:
>>
>> Interesting, but so far just marketing fluff.
>>
>> I'm skeptical about the effectiveness of the Collins filters.
>> Sure they sound good, because they have skirts like a female square
> dancer!
>>
>> Unless my memory deceives me, the Triton was not the first 50 or 100w
>> SSB transceiver.
>> I think that honor goes to SWAN with its SS-100 (50w) and SS-200 (100w).
>> However Ten-Tec had the Argonaut 505 before the two Swans came out.
>>
>> I used a Swan SS-100 on my first DX-pedition to Andorra in 1975.
>> The other op with me (now 5Z4EE) had purchased it new when it first
>> came out but I can't remember when exactly that was.
>>
>> It was a very close race and perhaps I'm wrong, but I believe Swan
>> was first by an inch.
>> However shortly thereafter SWAN went out of business, so it didn't
>> help them much.
>>
>> Then if my memory serves me right, the OM who designed the two SS
>> transceivers founded Atlas after leaving Swan.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am
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