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I well remember the G L B box as I was one of the first to have one when I
lived in the Grand Rapids area.
I used it on a HR2 12 crystal radio.
It opened the FM world up to me!
73
Lowell W8QIY
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From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: back on the list again
> 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.
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>
> 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
>> [log in to unmask]
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