‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2015 QST PAGE 100 ‰ A SLOW TAKEOFF WITH SUCH ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEWS FOR THE NEW COLLINS TRANSCEIVERS, YOUD THINK THAT OTHER MANUFACTURERS WOULD JUMP ON THE TRANSCEIVER BANDWAGON RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEY DIDNT. THE OLD LINE ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ MANUFACTURERS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE LARGE, HEAVY TRANSMITTERS. MANY WERE STILL PLATE MODULATED AM SOME WERE SSB. PERHAPS THE IDEA OF SEPARATES WAS ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ