"JJ" wrote in message
...
Jim Hampton wrote:


The military has their way of doing things, and, quite frankly, I think
they
do it very well indeed. No slam on amateur radio, but this is a very
different situation. Even military radios have mil-spec components and
can
operate in conditions that our radios could not stand up to. You might
be
in the Middle East in a desert in summer with sandstorms or in Korea in
the
wintertime. You might be in a jungle with extensive rain and 100%
humidity.
You might be in mountains.

That's why Collins built the S-Line series of equipment, which was also
very widely used by amateurs. I still run an S-Line.


Yep, and the S-line was top notch gear and is still good equipment. KG6AAY
had considerable Collins equipment in it when I was there in the mid to late
60s.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA



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