Hello Paul! > I couldn't resist:
Me too. In the early 50's, the Central Electronics products that brought SSB into Amateur radio in a practical way. Maybe not Hallicrafters, but still Chicago based :-) And one mustn't forget the various Swan transceivers, starting with the SW-175, SW-140 and SW-120 made in a garage in Benson, Arizona in the very early 60's. Then the SW-240 and in 1965 the SW-350 (and its long line of variants) brought SSB and the transceiver concept into the range of affordability. For a kid like me, for whom all of this was financially 'way out of reach, Heathkit came to the rescue with their SSB monobanders. I could (and did!) make the payments out of my spending allowance... This, of course, was just as RM-499 began the destruction of Amateur radio :-) 73, Lyle KK7P ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
