"Pierian Spring" wrote in
oups.com:

At one time, Wood & Douglas was a respectable supplier to the
Ham Radio market, although it has long since devoted itself
to commercial markets only.

Given the representation of Amateur Radio given by one contributor to these
NGs, it's a wonder any sensible professional organisation has anything to
do with it.

The professional engineer, and many overseas Amateurs, must suspect that
the rot set into British Amateur Radio some time late in the G4 series, and
could be forgiven for avoiding contact with it as far as possible.

W&D's reputation has probably never stood higher. Professionals understand
that; some Amateurs can't even tune up an FT101 properly. How technically
inept must they be?