"Brian" wrote in message
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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Afterall there are some hams to whom this is of interest either
practical or
just as a window into history. Although my own interest is in new
radios
and how much they can pack into how little space,

Tiny radios? May I suggest the "Tuna Tin," the "Tuna Tin Two," the
all solid state "Altoids Tin?" More recently we've had the film can
antenna tuner and the batteryless "Tic-Tac" diode receiver.

Not enough features to be interesting. I want a lot more "bells &
whistles". Although now somewhat dated as other radios pack in more
features, I bought one of the earliest TS-50 radios. At the time, it was
the smallest radio around covering all the HF bands with typical user
features. However the TS-50 would be representative of what I consider to
be interesting in terms of compact size.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE