[SignalOne] Some Signal/One History

[Charles Hugg]

Here is an e-mail exchange that I had today with Harold Johnson,W4ZCB, a
Signal/One Engineer. Thought that you all might be interested in reading it.
He had responded to a for sale posting I had for a early Signal/One CX7
"Preliminary" Manual:

Harold:
 Both manuals have sold. Someone bought them both and sent me an e-mail
 direct. I just now looked at my posting on the Newsgroup and saw your
 reply.  I am sorry I didn't check earlier. I would have been glad to take
 you up on your offer, considering that you wrote the manual.
 I have recently gotten the Signal/One bug. First I got a CX11A and liked
so much that I started looking for other Signal/Ones. I found several for
sale and bought them. Two of them have been gone through by Paul Kollar
and  work great.
I am not real familiar with the Signal/One history. When did you work
there?
Thanks,
Charlie

No problem, thanks for the thought.

I was one of the 7 engineers that started the design, and one of the dozen
of the "Golden Triangle DX club" that sat down and made the specs in the
first place. Yes, the radio is a spoiler. I've had a dozen CX-7's in a super
contest station in Brooksville, three CX-11A's (I still use one of them) and
a Mil-Spec 1030. I still don't think there's anything that can touch it, if
the FT1000D just had quiet LO's, I'd buy one of those, but then if it did,
it would probably drift too. I have incorporated the Huff n Puff stabilizer
on my B VFO, and it stops the drift, but it also prevents the use of RIT and
stuff so never put it on the A VFO.

LOTS of water under the bridge since 1969.

Regards

W4ZCB