Interesting.  I didn't know the 1a was solid state.  I had the 2B which was
certainly a tube rx but the finest cw rx ive ever used.  Lou
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From: "James Shaker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: old receivers solid state?


> 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
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> From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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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