[ARC5] Octal Crystals

[Robert Eleazer]

Thanks for the info on the octal socket crystals, Robert.  I never would have guessed!  And that brings up something else I was wondering about.

On more than one occasion I have seen a non-octal crystal plugged into an octal crystal socket.  The first time I assumed someone had kludged the set (I think it was in a BC-221) but I recently acquired a very nice essentially unmodded  BC-652-A that has a crystal for the calibrator plugged in the same way.  Was this a normal approach, a "legal option" as an alternative to an octal holder crystal?

Thanks,
Wayne WB5WSV