International Crystal made more than crystals

International Crystal made more than crystals

August 24, 2022

I was looking at the July 1967 issue of Popular Electronics on the World Radio History web site and saw this ad:

Popular Science did a review in April 1968:

https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-06/archives-popular-science-tests-microwave-oven/

That $545 price inflates to $4834 in 2022, not a cheap unit. And I doubt there's a crystal inside :)

See the previous blog posts on the Model 1500 CB transceiver:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/02/more-info-on-international-crystal.html

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/02/international-crystal-model-1500-cb.html

In addition to crystals International Crystal made some really interesting products at a premium prices. They closed shop in 2017:

http://www.arrl.org/news/international-crystal-manufacturing-going-out-of-business

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm