Speaking of crystals, here is a link to a film on the manufacturing
process, c.1943:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b--FKHCFjOM
Reed / WW3A
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:25 PM, JAMES HANLON <knjhanlon@msn.com> wrote:
> I can't resist this. Got my Novice Ticket in March, 1952 and my gear was
> an HRO-50 and a home-brew 6AG7 tri-tet to a 6146 built into a BC-375 tuning
> unit. My Dad bought the HRO for my older brother and me, and thanks to it
> I became an EE and had a good career, thanks Pop! My best crystal was a
> Bliley AX-2 at 3702.3. I also had a 9 Mc PR that tripled into 11 meters.
> I worked Alaska and Hawaii from Kentucky with that. I still have the HRO,
> a bit modified and working well. I even recreated my old transmitter a
> couple of years ago. I use the TX and Rx on the Classic Exchange which is
> coming up on 9/11 and 9/13. See www.classicexchange.org for more
> information.
>
> Jim, W8KGI
>
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