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November 3rd 04, 07:13 PM

Steveo wrote in message ...
"U Know Who" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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N8WWM (Psychiatrist to keyclowns) wrote:
Ron wrote in message
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Swan sold a lot of equipment and a lot of people were very
satisified with it. Yes they might drift a little but all the radios
of that time did. Swan was one of the first to make a transceiver
if not the first.
Swan was a key player in our history so go knock Collins that
should have been right up at the top that also had numerous
problems. Swan gave the rest of us something to operate if the
person wasn't a homebrew type so rich.

N8WWM Psychiatrist to keyclowns wrote:

Skipp is just passing the word wrote
in message ...

Bill P. has started a Swan - Siltronix yahoo group:

Everyone is welcome

cheers
skipp

This would be the internet equivalent to a bunch of nutcases
standing around a stinking outhouse and sniffing below the seat to
discuss the odor with each other. Especially considering what a
piece of garbage a Siltronix 1011 is.

Fine, fella...but the Siltronix 1011 was just the precursor to
"export" radios. Thinly disguised as a 10 meter rig, it was sold to
the CB market. Swan marketed it under the Siltronix name just so they
wouldnt be accused of pandering to illegal keyclown CB'ers. No way
were hams going to pay that price for a monoband radio, especially one
that didnt just "drift"...those junkpiles MIGRATED!

They were dual banded fugly, and a zillion of them were sold. Supply
and demand.. just like you demand food stamps and I supply them.

He's just ****ed cause he was out of the loop in the day and no one would
sell him one. Much like now. :-)

It cost him extra to find out they drift a bit..but he was able to
finally purchase one with the money that was supposed to feed his family.

That's why he's so bitter about 11 meters.

The chip is working, I see.