On 30/11/2015 21:47, Jerry Stuckle wrote:


Actually, most Japanese stuff was considered pretty cheap and poor
quality back in the 60's, at least here in the U.S. There wasn't much
(if any) for ham gear at the time, but the did have portable transistor
radios, stereos and other electronic equipment.

The vast majority of the good ham gear used here was American made
(Drake, World Radio Labs, Heathkit, Collins, etc.).


You are right there. The consumer stuff that Japan kicked out in the
60's was un-repairable rubbish. The problem was that it was very cheap
and did work for a while - long enough to spell the end of at least one
quality manufacturer of domestic radio in Britain.

On the other hand, I recall handling some very well made Japanese
electronic instrumentation at the time.