> > Bottom line is that I would not pay any more for a KW-1 than > I would for an equal condition BC transmitter and the same > would apply to a "healthy", well built HB rig.
It's 100% "snob factor". Not that the KW-1 isn't a very pretty and fine Collins transmitter (duly modified). As someone else suggested, one could build a beefier transmitter -- even using completely new Dahl iron, for the fraction of the cost of a KW-1, that would work better and most likely sound better. Or you could run a Ranger and Johnson KW for considerably less investment. But then -- you wouldn't be a member of the small group running a KW-1. I'm still trying to figure out how I'd ever get one up the front stairs :-) Grant/NQ5T
