[Heathkit] one of the developers of the Heathkit SB-104

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>From the ARRL Letter

* Transceiver designer Michael F. Elliott, W8KRR, SK: The man behind the
development of the Heathkit SB-104 and Drake TR-7 transceivers, Michael
Elliott, W8KRR, 66, of Centerville, Ohio, died April 14. The Heathkit
SB-104, released in 1974, was the first transceiver to incorporate
solid-state design, come with a digital frequency readout and be priced for
the mass market. The SB-104 was a mainstay until 1982, when radios that
covered the new WARC bands superseded it. It was one of the last Amateur
Radio kits that Heathkit developed. Elliott was also influential in the
design of the Drake TR-7, the standard for competition-grade transceivers in
the late 1970s and early 1980s.