No John,I think the first rig,which was american was a signal one cx7.It had
dual vfo's(though not the first,that was a johnson) and dual receive(again
not the first,that was a halli sr-400/vfo) but a built in keyer..dated abt
1970 and a awesome rig still today..73 john
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Geiger" <johngeig@yahoo.com>
To: <roncasa@verizon.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
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Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 6M with HF
> Now I could be wrong (it has been known to happen),
> but I think the first radio with a built in Keyer was
> the Yaesu FT901DM, and the first rig with a built in
> antenna tuner was the Kenwood TS930SAT. And the first
> rig with a memory channel was also the Yaesu FT901DM.
> Can anyone correct that?
>
> 73s John W5TD
>
> --- ron <roncasa@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>> U S of A came out out with all solid state, first.
>> I do not remember about solid state memory keyers,
>> but didn't
>> Heathkit come out with them before JA?
>>
>>
>
>
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