Oh man did they have names
Intercepter, Zeuss, Apache, Warrior, Navigator, Loudenboomer,
and numbers 75A1-A4, ...
These days...
Don't know JA made gear but WJ (USA) has their
Minicepter RX...out of my range at 10X Orion $.
TT has it's share of plain names..RX320/340/331/350
Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>How about Globe King 500 from WRL and a host of their other transmitters, or
>Webster Band Master from Hallicrafters, or Knight Ocean Hopper or Band
>Scanner from Allied Radio, or Sky Buddy from Hallicrafters or was that
>Hammarlund, or TransOceanic from Zenith.
>
>It's too early to think like this.
>
>73
>Bob, K4TAX
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "LARRY GREENBERG N5BEA" <larrylg2@hotmail.com>
>To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:41 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion with color display
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>>I remember the old days of Valliants and Globe Kings, Champions., Galaxys
>>and of course The Swan series with the Driftmaster 350 and Driftmaster
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>500.
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>>There are a few QRP kits with names.
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>>Does any have manufacturar of ham gear give a name for their rigs other
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>than
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>>TenTec? No?
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>>Does any have manufacturar of ham gear have a more unique product than
>>TenTec? No?
>>
>>Well, what's in a name anyway? What's more descriptive CPS or Hertz?
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>>Well Guess what is more unique...
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>>Larry Greenberg, N5BEA
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