[Boatanchors] Question from an admitted 'Newbie'

[Nick England]

Johnson Invader or Pacemaker?
Central Electronics 20A?

I dunno about this. 

Nick
(phone email acct)


On Sep 6, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's not about weight.  It has to do with design, function and period.
>  Gear designed for low duty cycle slopbucket with no AM or AM as an
> afterthought isn't a "boatanchor."  This includes S-Line, SBE, Swan,
> Drake 3, 4 line and later, Heathkit SB and HW SSB rigs, and of course
> anything solid state.
> 
> But, to illustrate, Johnson Navigator, Ranger, Heath DX20, for example
> are "boatanchors" even though they don't weigh much because they are
> tube CW or CW / phone rigs that pre-date the advent of cheap IF filter
> SSB rigs built light to exploit the low duty cycle.
> 
> Another example to illustrate:
> 
> Heathkit HW10 and Chippewa amps:  "boatanchor" because they were built
> to handle AM duty cycle.
> SB220:  Not a "boatanchor" because it was built cheap to handle at
> most 50% duty cycle CW and even lower slopbucket duty cycle.
> 
> hope this helps.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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