[Boatanchors] FT-243 Crystal for 7160 khz

[Garey Barrell]

The odd frequencies were often specified by the guys who figured out 
that if everyone was on the '0' or the '5', you could sneak in between 
them with an odd frequency.  Of course when your receiver had an 18 
kHz IF bandwidth, nothing helped much!

Now we've come full circle.  When is the last time you heard a Ham on 
an OTHER than 0 or 5 frequency, especially on SSB????   Digital dials 
have corrupted us back to 'channelized' operation....

73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA

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On 11 May 2013 at 18:39, Glen Zook wrote:
>> For the less expensive crystals, the companies often advertised that
>> one could order a specific frequency but the actual frequency would
>> be like +/- a certain amount (often 5 kHz) from the frequency
>> specified.  I do know that the crystals that I had when a Novice
>> Class (late May 1959 until I passed my General Class in late October
>> 1959)  had frequencies like 7156 kHz, 7173 kHz, etc., on them.  It
>> was the same for 80-meter and 15-meter crystals.  That is, the
>> actual frequency might, or might not, end in a "5" or "0".
>>   
>> Glen, K9STH
>>