I can fondly remember the Braille dials I had on my Drake twins.
How about the calibrator on the TS520.
Crude but effective.
I haven't used my audible tuning device in years, but I still have one and
it still works.
73 N2DYN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: HRD


> Hi.
>
> I found Kevin's post amusing from the standpoint that I've played that
> same
> game of tuning and checking the synthesizer on my Kenwood TS690S, and I
> was
> suddenly struck with the fact that not that many years ago, I used a radio
> that only had a calibration mark on the dial once every 5 khz, and I took
> my best estimate of where the frequency was that I wanted, and then
> started
> calling.
>
> My how times have changed!
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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