BLIND-HAMS Archives

For blind ham radio operators

BLIND-HAMS@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:55:52 -0400
Reply-To:
For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Message-ID:
<F2B148313A82429EADAED737F63F5AA5@JohnPC>
Subject:
MIME-Version:
1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit
In-Reply-To:
<51.35.03264.20497BD4@louvi-msg>
Content-Type:
text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original
From:
John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (24 lines)
One of my friends found, if you take the light bulbs out of the display, for 
frequency and S meter, the drifting is reduced by like 90% He used to like 
to take his out now and then to play and stumbled in to that trick by 
mistake.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:56 PM
Subject: Need to find a tuning aid


> 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 

ATOM RSS1 RSS2