[HBR] HBR-16 Sighting

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Walt:

One gets a good insight to Ted Crosby, W6TC, in Jay Helms' W6HHT ebook, "Recollections of a Radio Receiver."  Jay's website is www.w6hht.com.

73
Lee WB6SSW






-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Hutchens <waltah at earthlink.net>
To: HBR Receiver List <hbr at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Aug 20, 2011 3:56 pm
Subject: Re: [HBR] HBR-16 Sighting


Kees said:
> I never cease to be amazed at how many of those 50 year old homebrew receivers
 continue to show up and that they were never stripped for parts to build other
 projects. Shows a lot of pride in the resulting receiver.
One of the reasons this list and this area of ham radio are of such great
nterest.
One thing I've wondered about: Has anyone written about W6TC himself?  He
ot only had a remarkable vision, he had the talent and energy to carry it
o success.   I don't think it's too much to say that if he had been a top
layer at any of the major U.S. ham equipment companies in the 50's-60's,
he history of our hobby might have been different.
What about, for example, Heathkit?
The best ham radios that could have been, were never built.   The W6TC HBRs
ere among the farthest flags up the mountain of what WAS done.
What is known about the man himself?
Walt
J4KV
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