I would add the IC-701 to that list. Icom's first HF transceiver, it was similar in size and looks to its VHF base tranceiver the IC-211 and there was nothing else quite like it at the time.
There was a US-made radio, Atlas I think its name was, which was quite small and had a ring mixer front end that apparently made it quite bomb proof by the standards of the day. That was quite a milestone in design - perhaps the K3 of its day. You could add the FT-101 which was probably the most popular HF SSB transceiver of its day and the first SSB transceiver for a lot of people. I still don't see why the IC-706 belongs on such a list at all, but the trouble with all such lists is that they are subjective and influenced greatly by the radios the lister has owned (or lusted after.) -- Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Ham-Directory: www.ham-directory.com On 9/7/07, Charles Harpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And the S-Line became the benchmark for all hams to aspire to own... I > finally owned 3 sets for a few months and kept a 75-S3B, and two KWM-2A. > Today, I was caressing them, but only with appropriate intimacy as they > deserve. > > Milestones for HF ham rigs (from 1957 onward): > NC-300 > anything Viking > Globe King > SX-101 (with heating resistor) > Drake 1A and 2B and TR-3/4 > Drake C-Line (with Sherwood mods, look at where Sherwood ranks such a R-4C > even now) > FT-1 (or was it the 901DM?) and maybe the TS-930 > FT-1000D > MP > IC-706 (I said "milestones" meaning in utility and popularity, too) > ORIONs (if only people would buy one) > and now the K3. > > .... "for the love of ham radio" 73 > > Charles Harpole > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft(r) Office Live! > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
