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THE MARKETPLACE.  THE RADIOS WERE COMPACT AND STYLED TO FIT INTO A HOMES
DECOR.  BY THE EARLY 1960S, THE SUCCESS OF THE S LINE CONVINCED THE OLDER
MANUFACTURERS THAT THERE WAS INDEED A MARKET FOR THESE COMBO UNITS.
HEATHKIT OFFERED THE SB 300 RECEIVER AND SB 400 TRANSMITTER, WHICH CLOSELY
RESEMBLED THE COLLINS PRODUCT IN APPEARANCE.  UNLIKE COLLINS, THE SB 400
CONTAINED A BUILT IN POWER SUPPLY AND THE PAIR WAS PRICED AT A FRACTION OF
THE COST OF AN S LINE.  DRAKE, WHO HAD PIONEERED SMALLER, LIGHTER RECEIVERS
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