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3R7 MHZ ON THE ATLAS 210.  THE 10 AND 15 METER BANDS WERE TRUNCATED AS
WELL.  A HOME STATION CONSOLE CONSISTING OF A POWER SUPPLY, SPEAKER, AND
PLUG IN CONNECTIONS FOR POWER, AUDIO, RF, AND ACCESSORIES EXPANDED THE
PRODUCT LINE.  THE TRANSCEIVER TOOK ANOTHER EVOLUTIONARY STEP WITH THE
ARRIVAL OF THE 210X IN THE FALL OF 1975.  THE VFOS 500 KHZ TUNING RANGE
PERMITTED COVERING THE 75/80 METER BAND IN ONE SEGMENT.  WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF 10 METERS 28R4 TO 29R4 MHZ, THE 210X OFFERED FULL COVERAGE OF ALL BANDS.
ATLAS ADVERTISING TOUTED THE 210X RECEIVERS PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY ITS
IMMUNITY TO STRONG SIGNAL OVERLOAD AND THE SELECTIVITY OF ITS NETWORK
SCIENCES IF FILTER.  THE FILTERS BANDWIDTH WAS 2R7 KHZ AT 6 DB DOWN AND 4R3
KHZ AT 60 DB, YIELDING A 1R6 SHAPE FACTOR.  ATLAS CLAIMED AN ULTIMATE
REJECTION OF 120 DB.  ROB SHERWOOD, NC0B, OF SHERWOOD ENGINEERING, TESTED
THE TRANSCEIVER AND RECALLS THAT IT DISPLAYED DECENT, IF NOT WORLD BEATING,
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