Bravo for boat anchors, Wes. I have a Collins R390 with a tuning gear train so complex it has to go in every 3000 miles for an oil change.
On Sunday, October 23, 2016, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/22/2016 9:22 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: > >> >> You have to remember what this thing replaces. In ham radio, some people >> are using vacuum tube oscillators with mechanical variable capacitor >> tuning. Maybe some advanced rigs use gear drive on the capacitor shaft to >> allow more exact tuning This Si chip is considerably better then 1940's >> technology. >> > I guess my WW-II vintage BC342 receiver (that I started with and still > own) was "advanced". It has an extensive gear train for tuning. > > On the other hand my two Elecraft K3s are full of DDS and microprocessors > but no variable capacitors. > > Flex radios, are direct sampling SDR and newer ones offer GPS > stabilization. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > ailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- If you gaze long into an abyss, your coffee will get cold. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
