[Clegg] Venus, if you will

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

Yep, saw that one from one of the new self-appointed experts.
Difference is, I doubt the 3 tube Apollo ever made it to production.
And I'm sure I never saw one at any electronics store, thought the
same mystery person who must have gotten the SS-1T could've bought
both I suppose, and hidden them away until we all beg to see them. (o:

Next time I see it, I'll post the source for others to see.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:41 PM, manualman<manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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