[Elecraft] Collins S-Line Comparison

[Bill Frantz]

I had the good luck to be able to test a few Collins radios that 
were being sold in an estate sale. There is some magic in coming 
into a room by the light of the vacuum tubes, having to peak the 
output matching network every time you change frequencies, and 
having AM be a natural mode. I'm glad we still have enough 
bandwidth available so these old radios can be used on the air. 
And I'm glad there are people who love them and keep them running.

However, for my own operations, I'll stick to newer radios which 
give better performance with less care and feeding.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 4/9/15 at 4:31 PM, bsusb at k5dkz.com (bs usb) wrote:

>Could that be why boatanchors have become obsolete and undesirable?

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