No; the Bandmaster had a band switch which, presumably, switched taps on
coils and capacitance in and out of the circuit.  As you say, many (if not
all) of the HRO receivers has plug-in coils.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, David R. Basden wrote:

> Did the Bandmaster have plug-in coils?  I remember some of the rigs did.  When you changed bands you had to unplug one coil and plug in another.  I never owned one of those.  I think the National HRO60 receiver also required the user to plug and unplug coils.
>
> At 02:12 PM 4/19/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Mike and others -
> >
> >If you want to really get the juices flowing, here's an interesting site
> >where the names and model numbers will bring back lots of memories:
> >
> >http://home.cfl.rr.com/happysurfer/ham/boneyard.htm
> >
> >And for what it's worth, the Apache was the TX-1, the Mohawk was the RX-1
> >and the Warrior linear was the HA-10
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:54 PM
> >Subject: Re: old radios
> >
> >
> >Walt:
> >
> >Think you might be right about that.
> >
> >Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
> >Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
>