Hi 515 fellas,
Hey, what happened to the story that there was a lawsuit over the name
"Argonaut"? As I recall, someone (GE, RCA, etc.) sued TenTec over the
rights of the name of Argonaut and won the lawsuit. That is about the
time the 515 stopped production. --- Anyone else remember this?
Jim --- N8LUV
On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:58:50 -0500 "Stuart Rohre"
<rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> writes:
> I think at the time of the 515 introduction; there was not as much
> interest
> in QRP. The price might have impeded some wider acceptance of the
> radio.
> Most of the QRP rigs of that time were low power, single band, and
> scratch
> built. The 515 is a fine radio; but was low power and not of
> interest to
> the general ham community. It was ahead of its time, and might be
> compared
> to the quality of the Elecraft K2 of today.
> 73,
> Stuart
> K5KVH
>
>
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