[VHFcontesting] The Big Dial

[George Sintchak]

Does the radio have tubes or is it just spark gap xtal controlled? ;-)

73's, George, WA2VNV
HF+50-1296, SOLP, FN30kv


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob K0NR - email list" <list at k0nr.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] The Big Dial


> On 6/7/2013 2:34 PM, Lew Sayre wrote:
>> Ladies, Gentlemen and others,
>>       When enjoying the VHF contest this weekend please utilize that big
>> round dial on your radio. Sitting/calling on the "calling frequencies" is 
>> a
>> silly thing to do as you will work only the other silly operators who 
>> only
>> sit on the one frequency on that band.
>
>    I am definitely going to upgrade to a rig that has a VFO. This
>    crystal-controlled radio
>    on 144.200 MHz is a real limitation. :-)
>
>    73, Bob K0NR
>
>
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