One of the very early receivers was the Drake 1A.  I had one and it was a 
very good one.  It was solid State, but with solid State discrete 
components.

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: old receivers solid state?


> Does anybody remember for sure just what the first all solid state rig 
> was?
> Seems like it might have been a Yaesu around 1963 or so, but whatever it
> was, it didn't last and it was quite a while until another one was 
> marketed.
> From what I seem to remember, this first rig was actually fairly decent,
> especially considering the state of the art at the time, but conservative
> amateurs just weren't quite ready yet to accept anything without tubes.
> Kenwood came out with a couple of hybrid rigs (the then top-of-the line
> Kenwood transceiver, whose model number I forget except that it was 8XX
> being one) and from then on, solid state was slowly but steadily accepted.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:16 PM
> Subject: Re: old receivers solid state?
>
>
> Trust me with eleven tubes or so, their is nothing solid state about
> the nc-300 or any other national receiver for that matter.
>
>
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