On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 23:44:17 UTC, "John Moriarity"
wrote:

Signal/One devolved into a criminal operation.

I never heard about this. Can you elaborate?

Two years ago, I was admiring a boatanchor at a Northern Maryland
Hamfest. Some folk got to talking about Signal/One and a large,
angry fellow started in on XXXX, that S.O.B., if I ever catch
him....

The last incarnation of S/1 was as a rebuilder of ICOM IC-781's,
something about software, filters, the military, or some such.

That fellow had sent his 781 to S/1 along with 6, 8? thousand
dollars. He believes that S/1 sold his radio to someone else, mail
fraud, grand theft, conspiracy to defraud. Donno what actually
happened but I've heard from others that "something wicked"
happened to Signal/One at the end.

Based on multiple reports, I believe that S/1 did turn criminal.

Too bad.

I have a mild interest in S/1. Towards the end of my first phase of
interest, S/1 was advertising heavily. I used to hear contest
stations clip off, "Signal/One Alpha", one word, real fast.

It was out of my price range. 30 years later, I bought a
"guarenteed dead" CX7A off ebay. I've got it working on receive and
am gathering parts to bring the transmitter back to life.

It might be beyond my ability to repair.

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