[Central-Electronics] Unusual transceiver on eBay

[Robert Nickels]

On 12/2/2014 10:35 AM, Chris Farley via Central-Electronics wrote:
> wn rig and developed instead to TRI-X 500
> transceiver which had a 4X150 in the final.

And just to clarify as I pointed out to Bill, the TRI-X-500 was a 
transmitter only, not a transceiver.   Otherwise this explanation makes 
sense, as the most likely theory is that the "Penetrator" was a 
prototype built for a company (or product line) that never made it to 
market.     If that company is/was Tri State Electronics, one could 
speculate that they never mastered the art of making a transceiver and 
developed the 500 watt transmitter instead, but we may never know for 
sure.  (For info on it, see the ad on pg. 49 of June 1963 73 Magazine, 
available online).

Or maybe they ran into the same dilemma Central Electronics (Zenith) 
faced - how to make a transmitter of such high quality at a price the 
market could afford, and still turn a profit?

73, Bob W9RAN