[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 116, Issue 45

[Richard Solomon]

Some years ago I checked into a couple of Boatanchor AM nets.
Got some nice complements on my audio, till I told them I was
using a YAESU FT-990 !!

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On 9/28/2013 4:44 PM, Warren Elly wrote:
> Tentec ain't the real deal - even the japs put am
> In their rigs
>
> 73
> Warren
> W1gud
>
>
>
>
>> On Sep 27, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> For a long time Ten Tec derided the idea of including AM as a mode in
>> their SSB-CW plastic radios.  I've been told they'd sneer at anyone
>> who asked for AM to be included as a mode.  I think one rig, the
>> Paragon included fake AM (one sideband plus injected carrier) but that
>> was it.  For a long time they were known for making good CW
>> transceivers.  I still own one that I use for that occasionally and
>> also as a signal source.  But their marketing must have told them CW
>> is a dead end so they've thrown CW under the bus evidently, because
>> now their ad slogan is "The SSB Company."  Since Ten Tec never made a
>> boatanchor I'll stop here.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
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