[Elecraft] USB on all bands ??

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

They sure did, and received them both simultaneously!

73 Art
Also ex boat anchor user

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The HT-44/SX117 combo did that only in AM mode, but was capable of only one
sideband at a time (and either sideband on any band) in SSB mode. 

They were a beautiful piece of Hallicrafter's design: The HT-44 was the
transmitter running 100 watts INPUT (or perhaps 60 or 70 watts output) on
SSB. Sold for US $380 in 1962 (without power supply). And was the size of
half a dozen K3s (1). I won't even guess at a weight comparison. 

If you wanted to receive and transmit, the matching unit was the SX-117
receiver which sold for another US $380 in '62 and occupied the volume of
another dozen or so K3s (2). 

So, without power supplies the setup ran $760 in '62. That is well over
$5,000 today (based on the change in the US consumer price index). 

Makes the K3 look like even more of a bargain for those with the budget to
match.

But, for those of us who grew up with the stuff, there's something about
those huge boxes that no modern rig will ever match.

You younger Hams just wait. The day will come when you'll speak fondly of
your K1, K2 or K3 to a new generation of Hams who won't understand why you
OTs could be excited by such old, outmoded and oversized technology.

Ron AC7AC

(1) http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/ht44.htm

(2) http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/sx117.htm