[Elecraft] OT KX3 wannabe in photo of Qct QST

[Joe Lynch]

The Honda generator provides the electromagnetic energy to energize the MFJ-1788. 

    On Friday, September 16, 2016 9:48 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
 

 It looks nothing like an "ancient Yaesu"...because is a Kenwood TS-830S, introduced in 1980.  To this day it's one of the best hybrid-design ham transceivers ever made.  It has two S2001A (equivalent to 6146B) tubes in the PA for 220 W PEP SSB, 180 W CW.  Ham bands (including WARC) only.  Gotta love a rig with PA PLATE and LOAD controls.

Still...what QST editor confused the TS-830S with a KX3, or any other all-solid state rig made since 1983?  My guess is some youngster who doesn't know that rigs like this with vacuum tubes ever existed. :-)

Mike / KK5F

> ...From the photo it looks like an ancient Yaesu.
> ...
> Joe N9JR

>> Perhaps it was a very early pre-production model, before they had finished miniaturizing it sufficiently :-)
>> 
>> Dave
>> AA7EE

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