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Re: Need to find a tuning aid
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Now there's a handy trick. Thanks!
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Apr 27, 2011, at 7:55 AM, John Miller wrote:

> 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

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