Yur welcome and enjoy all of your stuff. I run back to my Johnson Ranger, Johnson Courier amp, and 75A3 when I have analog withdrawal symptoms (often enough). I also have a Yaesu FT101ZD that was a gift that I'll probably never sell. When I get homesick for a real RF gain control and S-meter that's on an AGC control bus, I fire up the 75A3. That STILL is really smooth audio. But it can't hear the Russian 100 watt crowd on the monster 40m quad out at NY4A.
A Ranger and a 75A3 was the first ham rig I ever saw in Columbus, Ohio in 1956. That was "hard sky" back then. Highest sunspot cycle in my lifetime, and 11 meters was a ham band. I used to drool over Valiants. Wanted one so bad I could just spit. Settled for a beat-up used Ranger. When I started making money, I built a Heath SB300 and SB400. Souped those up and used them at W4BVV in the 70's alongside Collins rigs. S-line was something else I drooled mightily over. Saw my first S line at the ARRL convention in Wash DC in 1959. They also had an old spark transmitter that they fired up intermittently for two days -- had FCC permission. When you left the room after watching that with the lights out, you felt like you had SEEN radio. 73, Guy. On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ralph Parker <[email protected]> wrote: >>This ain't your daddy's analog radio... > > A frightening article, especially for a guy who still uses his Valiant and > NC-303! > > But seriously, folks, it was very informative, and gave me something to > think about while being dragged into the 21st century. > Tnx, Guy. > > VE7XF > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
