I think very few hams could afford the KWM-2. I'll give Collins the credit for
the innovation
but I think the Heath SB series had a much bigger influence on the average ham.
73, Roger (former owner of the SB-101)
On 2/7/2015 10:09 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I'm working on my 62nd year as a ham and looking back at the history I've
experienced, I think I would credit the KWM-2 as the turning point in the
adoption of SSB over AM. Not that the all the masses could afford it [in
todays dollars, I think it cost around $10K], and there had been the KWM-1
which didn't seem to catch on well, but the KWM2 introduced the concept of "HF
Transceiver," where you transmitted exactly where you were listening ... One
Big Knob.
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