I doubt that there was a MARS station that didn't sport some Collins
gear, especially the venerable KWM-2.
Uncle Sam was known for buying the best, and trained lots of us the keep
the electronics running for what companies today would consider to be
past the end-of-life dates.
73 de Jim - AD6CW
On 4/11/2014 11:02 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
Ray, I followed you in agreement, right up to the last bullet.
It wasn't the "plenty of hams" willing to pay the price but rather Uncle Sam
that put that radio on the map.
Sam bought tens of thousands of S-Lines and KWM-2s.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
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