[Milsurplus] Japanese Boatanchors

[Mike Clarson]

Lafayette sold that "copy" of the S-38. I had one, it was the HE-10 (wired)
or KT-200 (kit). Trio/Kenwood made it. It was a far superior rcvr to the
s-38. had RF stage, and was AC powered. It did, however, have that awful
s-38 dial. A later model which was almost electrically the same, was the
HE-30 that had a slide rule dial yet no one accuses that one of being a copy
of the S-38E, the one with the slide rule dial. Also, characterizing the
Japanese as attacking our electronics industry is a bit unfair. many of the
manufacurers in this country abandoned ham and consumer electronics for the
much more lucrative military contracts due to Vietnam. OK, abandoned might
be too strong a word, but it was no longer top priority. Also, my
understanding is that by treaty, Japan was not allowed to manufacture
military equipment. We were a market needing to be satisified.--mike, wV2ZOW

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Subject: [Milsurplus] Japanese Boatanchors


Nick mentioned  the "Japanese "Delica" boatanchors including a
Hallicrafters S-38 look-alike (which also came in kit form) and some 1960's
. . .

What a shock it was on one of my frequent trips to visit Akihabara and see
the copy of the S-38, little did I know that was just the beginning of the
slow   attack on  our electronics industry. But I did enjoy Akihabara in
those days, if you needed a resistor you went to the resistor shop, if you
needed a knob you went to a knob shop, with a shopping list from the
Handbook you could fill your A-3 bag with all the parts  in one afternoon
then back to Tachakawa and APN-9s and ART-13s and lots of ocean on the way
back to the land of milk and honey.

breck k4che