Hi Tony and 515 gang,
I'm not sure Tony. You may be right. I'll have to do some checking on it.
--- I was confident that it was the Argonaut, but now --- I'll check
around. Maybe someone else can remember the story.
Jim --- N8LUV
On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:50:05 +0000 w4foa@comcast.net writes:
> Jim,
> I'm probably wrong but I believe it was the Triton series, wasn't
> it?
> 73
> Tony, W4FOA
>
>
> > 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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