Remember the glb synthesizer boxes.  You added these boxes to your 
crystal rigs and made them a synthesized radio.  pagic!!!
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Thu, 4 Aug 
2011, Dave Marthouse wrote:

> Back in 1978 when I was first licensed my first rig was a used Drake TR22.
> It had 6 crystal positions, a bullet shaped mic with a coil cord, leather
> caring case and ran on 10 aa nicad batteries.  I sold the radio a few years
> later.  I had since upgraded my 2 meter station to a WE800 from Wilson.
> That was one of the first if not the first portable synthesized rigs for 2
> meters.  I  remember when talking to people on the local repeaters when you
> wanted to go to another frequency the question was whether you were crystal
> or synthesized.  I would guess that synthesized rigs on 2 meters had maybe
> less than 50% penetration into the market at that point.  Those were fun
> days.
>
>
> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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