Actually not.
The TPL line of RF Power Amplifiers came from the initials of
the guy who started TPL Communications 30 some odd years ago,
Thomas P. Litty.
I think his ham call was K6RAD (Ken, please correct me if I am
wrong.)
The original TPL is the earlier General Electric 2-way product
referred to below ... and the first use, as I remember, of the GE
BF-10/BF10A key.
Hope this is at least partially used as cannon fodder for the
Repeater-Builder web site ... somehow ... ;)
Neil - WA6KLA
> Kevin Custer wrote:
>
> Neil McKie wrote:
>
> > Of course you know the history of where the name TPL came from
> > ... don't you?
> >
>
> Ripped from the internet:
>
> To compete with the MOTRAC, GE introduced what many consider to be
> the greatest flop in two-way radio history, the GE Transistorized
> Progress Line or TPL. GE actually re-purchased many of the
> dysfunctional TPL's and supplied customers with the older tube-type
> Progress Lines that actually worked. Only the later iteration of
> TPL's (without the quirky delay-line modulators) were viable but
> the damage to the GE name took many years to correct. Thankfully,
> the MASTR-Pro and MASTR-II replaced the notorious TPL.
>
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