[Boatanchors] In defense of Eldico

[Carl]

More like a Hudson? It had its good and bad moments<g> IMO, Eldico 
construction was always first rate. I had a R-104 many years ago and it 
was an excellent performer.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>
To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] In defense of Eldico


> That's odd.
> The Eldico stuff  I see seems to be built pretty well.  There's one 
> Eldico
> I know well.  It's the SSB 100F ssb transmitter.  I use one in my 
> shack
> along with a Heathkit SB 303 on 20m ssb.  I usually check it into the 
> Sunday
> nets.  The SSB 100F is so old it has 11 meters on the band switch! 
> The
> material and construction is as good as any Collins gear from that 
> period -
> late 1950's.  A couple of things that make this Eldico interesting is 
> the
> low frequency crystal filter ssb generation and the ease of removing 
> the vfo
> for service.  The  built in signal scope is handy to set microphone 
> levels
> too.
> This rig wasn't part of the MARS effort back then, it's a ham 
> transmitter
> and a good example of a quality rig.
> Edsel? no way!
> 73's
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston NC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
> To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Looking for Eldico TR75-TV
>
>
>> I'm curioius as to why all the sudden interest in Eldico stuff.  My
>> personal
>> recollection of them is hardly flattering to say the least.  We had 
>> one of
>> their knock-off copies of the S-Line at the AF Mars station at LSU in 
>> the
>> early
>> 60's.  The BC-610-E and S-76 we also had worked far better.  And in 
>> the
>> 70's,
>> an AF retireee who was one of those who had to try to keep them 
>> working
>> said
>> that throughout the AF they were know as El-Deecko.  That's 
>> bastardized
>> Tex-Mex
>> for the usually hidden male appendage.  Maybe it's the Edsel 
>> collector
>> syndrome.  :-)
>>
>> Robert Downs - Houston
>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
>> MVPA 9480
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