Tom and Gang - The D104 is a lot older. It was the first product of the Astatic Corporation founded in 1934 and made in Youngstown, Ohio. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astatic_Corporation
73 Bob W7AVK K3/100 kit s/n 4365 On 7/11/2010 1:42 PM, Tom W8JI wrote: > My first exposure to the D104 was in 1962 when I rode my bicycle over to see > Bob, W8YAT, who had an outstanding 160 meter AM signal with his Viking > Valiant transmitter. My neighbor Fred, W8IQC, used one on his Ranger I > transmitter, so they were very popular even in the early 60's and for > non-CB'ers. My oldest D104 has been with me since the 70's when I used it > with a Drake line. Still ticking just fine and still excellent audio after > all these years, and with the little cheap FET mod works great with either > low or very high impedance loads 40 years later! > > 73 Tom > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
