I purchased my first one in 1959 with the adapter for a standard mic stand -- couldn't afford the PTT stand in those days, and a DX-40 didn't have PTT anyway. Ultimately I had (and still have) several sitting on the shelf, including the boxed version Astatic sold just before the end of production -- never opened, waiting for a rainy day. The crystal elements will last a long time, too, if you don't leave them sitting out in the sun for the summer, don't store them in a sauna, and don't purchase the one you just saw fall off the tailgate of the pick-up truck onto the pavement :-)
The last radio I regularly used a D-104 (and sometimes 10DA) with was an IC-781. Maybe it's time to wire one of them up for the K3 :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Bob W7AVK wrote: > 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. ______________________________________________________________ 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
