[Boatanchors] SWAN

[Ray, W4BYG]

To be fair, in the days of tube VFO's and receiver oscillators, almost 
all radios made only for the ham market drifted,  Some worse than 
others, but most of them necessitated you retune several times 
throughout a QSO.

(You really haven't had a QSO in ham radio until you followed a Heathkit 
DX-100 with the Cuban chirp, all over the 20 meter CW band).

The tubes generated heat which over time changed the ambient 
temperatures within the chassis and therefore the L-C circuits, etc.

For most who couldn't afford the most expensive commercial class gear, 
they had to live with it.
Ray, 62 years and counting as W4BYG



On 10/27/2015 6:55 PM, Ken Kaplan wrote:
> Funny story. Did the company (Swan) ever try to resolve this issue? 
> They ignore it until "they" went away? They didn't accept it as truth? 
> Just recommend short QSO's?
> Just curious.
> 73 Ken kb7rgg
>
> On 10/27/2015 12:49 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:
>> The Swan 350 EARNED the epithet "Three Drifty!"
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * *
>> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
>> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
>> * k2gkk hotmail com *
>> * Oklahoma City, OK *
>> * USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
>> * * * * * * * * * * *
>>
>>
>>> From: bcarling at cfl.rr.com
>>> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:59:43 -0400
>>> To: gzook at yahoo.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] SWAN
>>> CC: anchor at ec.rr.com; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; k2gkk at hotmail.com
>>>
>>> LOL. Great one Glen!
>>>
>>> Best regards - Brian Carling
>>>   AF4K Crystal Co.
>>> http://af4k.com
>>>
>>> Tel: 321-262-5471
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just remember the age old question:  On what frequency does the 
>>>> Swan users group meet?
>>>>
>>>> Answer:  Pick any frequency in the phone segment of the band 
>>>> because the group will drift by in a very short period of time!
>>>>
>>>> Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.net
>>
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