I enjoyed the conversation about the Collins, Drakes, etc. The cost issues
certainly ring true for me. I had just received my General in the Spring of
1965 during my sophomore year of high school. Later that summer I saw a
fancy Cadillac being driven in my small Ohio town with ham plates (WB6RER)
from California. I asked the woman driving the car if she was a ham and she
replied that her husband was the ham. I informed her that our club was
meeting that evening and invited him to attend. She said that they would be
coming back to the hotel at 6 PM and I could ask him myself. I waited in
the parking lot that evening and her husband turned out to be Andy Devine,
the western movie character actor. They were in town doing summer stock
theater. He had a KWM-2 in the Cadillac! We talked ham radio for almost an
hour. It was a great experience, but I concluded that you had to be movie
star rich to have a mobile KWM-2.
Ed, W9EJB
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Collins, Drake etc.
Interesting conversation!
Well, I have here today the Collins KWM-2 and S3 line, a 'B' line, a 'C'
line (Full Sherwood). Hallicrafters SX-117/HT-44, and
SX-115/HT-32B....along with my only modern rig....a TT Orion II.
I could not afford any of this in my early days (1964) of hamming. Used
Knight Kit/Heathkit & very used older stuff (HRO-7 etc)
I actually use all of this on a regular basis.
Here is my rundown:
1) Collins = nice to operate, very reliable, great for SSB, not for CW,
looks cool, easy to maintain. and I like the 6146's
2) Drake = superb in every way, PBT is a real +, needs very little
maintenance, very stable....has nearly as good of contest/weak DX
performance as TT Orion
3) Halli's...just fun to use and performance is really goos as
well...better than most may think/remember
4) TT OII, really a superb TXCVR in all ways....super easy to use, no
multi=level menus, top notch rcvr. no tune, nice big knobs , manual never
needed
The vintage stuff is just more fun!
I like working on the stuff if needed....it's the technology I understand
and can work on.
73,
Lee, KC9CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: Garey Barrell <[email protected]>
To: drakelist <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 9:33 am
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Collins, Drake etc.
Richard Knoppow wrote:
_______________________________________________
Drakelist mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
