[ICOM] Oh NO!!!!

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
Way back there was a rumor that the Air Force had stashed some
Collins S-Line, and other tube type equipment, in the mountains of
Colorado.  Idea was to prevent ESD from atomic near hits.  I do know
that some equipment was stocked, but that was not the reason.
Excellent environmental control for long term storage was easier
there.  Like the reasoning when data processing and data storage
companies bought all the ex-AT&T underground sites they could get.
I lost one Kenwood, and one Philco antique radio to ESD.
73  Clete
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On 4/25/2012 2:42 PM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
> On 2012-04-25, at 2:38 PM, Mike Olbrisch wrote:
>
>> I am SO glad I still have my IC-781/IC-3KL/IC-AT500.  It may all be getting
>> a little older - but it has not failed me yet.
>
>
> It all serves to make one appreciate the old Collins S-lines, Drake Twins,&  such just that much more!
>
> Short of a direct hit by lightning, those old tubed gems would just take a licking&  keep on ticking...
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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