[TenTec] Transmitter, Receiver, or Rig, wherefore art thou "Radio"?

[Allan Henry Kaplan <w1ael@mindspring.com>]

Rick wrote, "Gentlemen, these are the important things which have 
changed and the issues we need to start spending our brain cycles on!"
This fifty-year ham agrees with Rick, but I will contribute my 
recollection that the use of "radio" for "rig" or other time-hallowed 
ham radio term was common among professional radio engineers and 
technicians in both commercial and government/military contractor 
circles over thirty years ago.  I thought it was a little quaint at the 
time, but it has not caused me to lose any sleep!
There are more important issues.....
73 de W1AEL, Allan in Sevierville, Tennessee
50 years licensed, and loving it!