[Elecraft] Collins S-Line Comparison - OT

[Gary Smith]

Apologies for this sidetracked thought.
 
I was born into a world of Ham Radio where 
Collins, National and Halicrafters sat 
aside everything homebrew. You get a 
partial vision of my first memories on my 
QRZ page. 

Of all the memories I cherish of the tube 
radio era is the click of the switch, the 
following dead silence, the anticipation, 
especially the anticipation and finally 
that whoosh of audio as the tubes warmed 
to that perfect moment and as with 
Lazarus, the radio returns to life, from 
the dead. 

It's all a 20 second play but the 
magnificence and permission given by the 
crescendo greeting of that whoosh is 
forever lost, except for what we now call 
Boat anchors.

73,

Gary
KA1J

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