[CQ-Contest] Goodbye to Astatic

[K0HB]

RIP, old friend.

I have a gold-plated D104 "Golden Eagle", serialized and engraved with my 
call sign, commemorative of the 1976 USA Bicentennial.

73, de Hans, K0HB
--
"Just a boy and his Radio"
Sea stories here ---> http://k0hb.spaces.live.com/
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LoTW participant


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From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 8:57 PM
To: "cq contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Goodbye to Astatic

> http://newsvc.cq-amateur-radio.com/
>
> Industry News: Goodbye to Astatic
>
> Posted: Sep 30, 2009
>
> The Astatic brand name for microphones is going away. Newsline reports
> that CAD Professional Microphones and Astatic Commercial Audio
> Products are being brought together under a single new brand name, CAD
> Audio. Astatic was a major player in the ham radio and CB microphone
> markets in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Its best-known and most distinctive
> mic was the lollipop-shaped D-104.
>
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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