[Clegg] Venus, if you will

[manualman]

Don't recall ever seeing that ad. I have all the CQ, QST, 73, and a
number of the localized VHF publications from that era. I bet it was in a
picture with the SS-1T transmitter sitting next to it. Note to readers;
you'll have to go to the amfone.net forum to get the connection.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:30:32 -0400 "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
writes:
> The three tube Apollo was seen in an ad or publication, but always
> struck me as an initial engineering prototype that was economized a
> bit for production. Looks pretty much the same externally. Sort of 
> the
> converse of the early ad for the Halli SX-73 in cabinet that looked
> quite different than the final product.
> 
> As a kid at the time, I have fond memories of those 'one step from 
> the
> trash' days of old gear. I hauled a lot of stuff home for free or 
> next
> to nothing thanks to the new generation of plastic radios. :D
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM, manualman<manualman at juno.com> 
> wrote:
> > Prototype models could have been anything. Imagination can run 
> wild until
> > you put down on paper the cost and perceived bang for the buck. 
> Just as
> > the 4X-250 mod, which evidently did float around the country in 
> one form
> > or another, hams were doing all sorts of mods on older ham gear in 
> the
> > 60's, 70's and 80's. Sweep tubes were cheap in the 70's. To many, 
> it was
> > just an old boatanchor; one step from the back of the closet or 
> the
> > trash.
>