Hi Butch,

Thanks. I one played a little bit with a Swan 500. Or was it a 350? Anyway, I thought I remembered that one could get very close by peaking the receiver, but I wasn't sure if this radio was the same or not. I had a National NCX3 once for a little while, and you could tune it up by first peaking the receiver, then resonating the tank circuit by listening to the power supply hum. Good times. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Apr 27, 2011, at 1:04 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:

> From what I remember, you can get very close just by peaking the 
> received noise.  I ran one for years without a tuning aid.  A fun radio 
> for sure.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> 
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> 
>> Hi y'all,
>> 
>> I have been having this urge to play with old boatanchor gear, so I just =
>> scored a Swan 270B off eBay. Never operated any Swan gear before. Yeah, =
>> I know about the drifting. Also that it's not a great cw rig probably. =
>> But still, it should be fun. And I now have something to match this old =
>> crystal D104 to. But I think I'll need to find a tuning aid. Anyone got =
>> one hanging about, or know if Handi-Hams still has them? I do need to =
>> renew my membership with them anyway.=20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> 
>>