Sender: |
|
Date: |
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:19:04 -0700 |
MIME-version: |
1.0 |
Reply-To: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
In-Reply-To: |
<A1.2B.10307.8925F915@louvi-msg> |
Message-ID: |
|
Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
that is a nice add-on to the Ten Tec rigs, I had one also, though I
had to part with it. It used the TSI calculator chip in it for the
numbers, and worked great! sure did dig my Ten Tec OMNI B which I
used that digital readout on.
At 04:44 AM 05/24/13, you wrote:
>All in the ear of the beholder.
>I started out with a johnson valiant. I tuned the transmitter by pressing
>my ear to the metal case, and listening for the dip in hum. I tuned the
>grid by listening to the click of the meter needle. Later I counted the
>dial turns on the drake radios. Since each turn was 25 khz, you could get
>with in 2 khz or so quite easilly. I have wondered if a neon light coupled
>to a feed line could be read by an audible light probe. How good would
>maximum brightness be? Interesting experiment. Then in the late 80's I
>bought a triton 4 and found the speech box that tentec made for it. I
>thought I had died and gone to heaven.
>I have an Omni D and still have that box. That's a backup radio.
>We've come a long way.
>H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>Adaptive Technology Instructor
|
|
|