[Boatanchors] Cheap & Easy Selectivity

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I'm with Bob on this one.  Been in the game since the late 1940's and  
the definition established by long use and common understanding is as  
he describes.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

On Aug 21, 2009, at 6:35 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> I'm sorry, but I've been in this business since the 60's (that's  
> 1960, not
> 2060), and I disagree with both of you.
>
> First, the standard gimmick is two random parallel wires usually  
> twisted
> together.  Not two metal plates with a piece of stupid window  
> glass.  Nor an
> unusually long aluminum screw is some piece of junk built by Heath.
>
> Second, many military sets including the majority of the Command  
> Sets were
> built with solid wire, not stranded.  Mostly #22 R&SCC.  There is a  
> well
> known gimmick mod published for Command recievers.  It actually  
> works.  I made
> it in one around 1963 while at LSU.
>
> The other common gimmick, more common in low-end civilian or  
> commercial
> equipment is a length of zip cord cut to length.  Zip cord usually  
> stranded.