ah yes, the swan 270A lol.
pretty neat rig with the built in power supply and all tubes in a very small 
package for the time.
I was given a 270 when I was about 14 or 15 I think so I could have a decent 
radio to listen on.
Of course, I had to golden screw driver the thing...one of those sessions I 
found the big coil near the power tube that carried 700 volts on it...my 
finger touched it and I was thrown a couple feet back...little burn on the 
finger too.
It wasn't transmitting thank god so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Anyway, always liked that rig and when I sold it along with the SBE64? it 
was still transmitting at least 100 watts on most bands.
I had tuned it way back then down into the 11 meter band of course and it 
went right down to about 26.5MHZ or so.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: acessible radios


>I had a National NCX3 for a short while that I tuned the same way. =
> Except the power supply hum was loud enough that I didn't have to put my =
> ear to it. Or maybe my ears were young enough. Sure wouldn't mind having =
> another of those, or better, an NCX5.=20
>
> Dave mentioned the Swan 270. I have one of those, got it last year, but =
> no idea if it transmits. Receives fine though. I have a D104, but again, =
> no idea if it still works or if the crystal element's gone or what. So, =
> two variables.=20
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On May 24, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> A friend of mine who is a Dr. saw me do it, and gave me a stethoscope =
> to=20
>> make it easier.=20