[Boatanchors] SWEEP TUBES AND FPM 300S

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

And some folks seem to feel that only the 
wealthy snobs deserved to have fun! 
  
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> From: duvallddennis at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:15:05 -0800
> To: ranchorobbo at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] SWEEP TUBES AND FPM 300S
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> 
> And a lot of people used that "cheap junk" for a long time and got a lot of enjoyment out of doing so.
> Back when AM was king (I was there) 75M at night was nothing but a mass of heterodynes and without 
> a KW and the latest Collins receiver forget it.  When SSB first came along it was like a New World.   
> Suddenly one could work all over the country and sometimes the world with moderate power levels and on a 
> moderate budget,   Lightweight, maybe drifty (AM rigs of the period not all that stable either), 
> “crappy” audio and maybe using sweep tubes (or not) but so what?
> 
> There is an active “Vintage SSB” moment CURRENTLY alive and well out here on the West Coast BTW.  Lots of guys
> still having fun with the cheap junk along with Collins, Signal one and other carriage trade stuff as well.
> 
> AM alive and well out here too.
> 
> Dennis DuVall, W7QHO 
> Glendale,CA
> 
> *************
> 
> > On Jan 11, 2016, at 10:04 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > they were employed in cheap poorly constructed lightweight table top
> > SSB transceivers with crappy audio and drifting VFOs so hams who had
> > been brainwashed into hating AM could get on "phone" inexpensively.
> > If you like "vintage SSB" have at it, but these days I see no reason
> > why anyone would want to run such rigs even now, when there is the
> > KWS1 and 75A-4 or the CE phasing rigs available.
> > The sales job, or snow job, involved exaggerated power claims
> > specified in p.e.p. watts input.
> > 
> > This was no gift, or rather, if you think this was a gift, I'd hate to
> > see what you think of as being a consolation prize.
> 
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