It's interesting to see the "making of mountains out of molehills." I, for one, am just grateful to be a part of this list. If something changes, I adapt. I am not too old to learn new things, and re
Someone mentioned "traditional grey" in reference to Corsairs, but to get REALLY traditional, you revert to "black crackle." This was the popular color of panels from the thirties up to the fifties.
Tim: There were some notable JA rigs that sounded good on CW. They are the exceptions, of course. The below list applies only to transmitted CW, not the total xcvr or the ease of use. One of the firs
The dealer network existed up until maybe 10-15 years ago... TT found that Dealers would take advantage of the "rebates" and kickbacks offered by JA manufacturers and "push" JA stuff over the TT gear
After seeing Scott Robbins posting where he takes the "high road" in explaining the switch to Direct Sales, I must state that my explanation below is not as an "insider," but as someone who knew a fe
The RST system provided for chirps and clicks........ Example: 579c was for chirps 579k was for klix..... Anyone use this anymore? Are you afraid to be truthful? :-) Perry w8au
ETC, ETC............ Ron, you could also have mentioned that originally, no manufacturers included mikes with radios.... (or keys, either!) Hallicrafters, National, RME, Collins, etc. provided a Hi-Z
Consider who they were selling to! You HAD to include everything necessary to operate it when selling to that market. Saved them from getting irate telephone calls about the thing "not working when I
A real D-104 would have acted like a time-machine, transporting you back to 1934 when it was tied to home brew 3 stage rig with big glowing bottles, sitting beside a two stage regen feeding headphone
The original antenna by Varney, G5RV, was designed as a 20 meter antenna. This is where it really is a "balanced" antenna with his recommended lengths of twin line and coax. All other band usage was
All TenTec manuals from the early Triton series on have had a "solid state primer" in the opening pages. They have stated for the last 30 years that their finals will handle mismatches from open circ
Green? :-) You're thinking of latter day Heathkit? As I look at mine, the meter matches the cabinet... Charcoal Grey. Now, THAT'S cool...! Agreed! Aren't you glad S-meters haven't evolved to digital
Took another look at mine, and it has a 4 inch square illuminated meter with a black face and white lettering/numbering. Be darned if I see any green anywhere.... What the heck.... might have been a
Well, Black isn't bad as long as it's "Black Crackle!" (and analog meters) Let's get back to what real radios used to look like.....:-) That should keep them from looking like the JA stuff.... w8au
Agreed. The ARRL has an in-house lab to do extreme levels of testing. The other "magazines" do not have this and rely only on other individuals to provide some type of review.... mostly subjective. M