I'll have to agree with Eddy. When I started on 160 meters in the early 1970's I had to build a receive converter and used a Johnson Viking 2 for the transmitter.
I recall the only radios that supported 160 were Collins and Drake and I could not afford either. I the Yaesu FT-101B was introduced in the mid 1970's. This was a reasonably priced radio that supported 160 and was very popular. I finally landed a good job after college and purchased a Drake TR-7 in 1979. My recollection on radios with 160 are hazy. What other radios supported 160? What radios you used for 160 before the 1970's? Mike N2MS ----- Original Message ----- From: Eddy Swynar <[email protected]> To: Mike Waters <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Olean <[email protected]>, topband <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:37:37 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Topband: EP6T and outside world On 2015-01-23, at 7:34 AM, Mike Waters wrote: Hi Mike, 160 stopped becoming the "Gentleman's Band" ever since mainstream manufacturers started incoroporating a spot marked "160" on the front of their rigs & linears... ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
