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From: Dave Van Wallaghen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There are some basic similarities,
but certainly different times and technology.
Yep. Here's another difference: advertising.
In the bad old days, if a company wanted to sell to hams,
they pretty much had to advertise in
Hi Dave,
Very nicely put. I would also add that the internet and reflectors themselves
also add greatly to the development of and modifications to new, well
engineered products that fit the requirements of the many facets of our great
hobby. I still find it somewhat amazing to see posts from
>
> Well, I AM old enough to remember the Heath era, here's my take. [{n}
> refers to notes at the bottom]. In at least two respects, Heath and
> Elecraft are very similar ... they both sell radio gear as kits, and
> their offerings are inexpensive vs the other non-kit stuff out there.
> In my v
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> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Heath vs Elecraft
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> Rick Wheeler wrote:
>> I am only 46, and as nearly everyone who owns an Elecraft product, have
>> become very brand loyal to the Elecraft line. I am too young to
>> r
Just a couple of historical notes:
In a message dated 10/1/07 11:10:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
T> he Novice class in the US was
> invented in the very early 50's,
Novice was created as part of the 1951 license restructuring that replaced
the old ABC system with na
Rick Wheeler wrote:
I am only 46, and as nearly everyone who owns an Elecraft product, have
become very brand loyal to the Elecraft line. I am too young to
remember the Heathkit era but perhaps there are some parallels of early
Heathkit and Elecraft. Many times I read from old-timers that Elecraf
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