Frank D.: Other radios are more practical, but few are so cool.

My late wife, Ruby, N5GIN, was more interested in ham radio when the radios
looked like real radios instead of kitchen appliances. She would have
appreciated that say, "Real radios glow in the dark."

I always wanted a JRC shipboard station. It was neat. It was clean looking yet
it looked business like. And it had everything. Retuning the HF transmitter for
the ham bands would have been no problem.

The European made 400 watt ssb stations were really super. Those were nice
little packages.

I know that people like Fair Radio would come along and buy a complete
inventory of surplus stuff at pennies a pound. I guess that was more efficient
for the Government.

73,
Bill, K5BY