[Boatanchors] Pair of Crystals needed

[Bill Cromwell]

On 03/09/2014 11:14 AM, Bill O'Brien wrote:
> Have you checked with Brian Carling, AF4K <mailto:AF4K at hotmail.com>? 
> He has all sorts of weird radio, er, stuff for sale.
>
> -O'B.
> ex-KA2MKI

Hi,

Bry already commented and said something like "lot's of luck with that" 
(my paraphrase). That suggests he is currently out of them. I have 
bought some from him in the past. He does have a lot of xtals.

ICM was suggested as a source of new xtals. I don't know about ICM's 
pricing but apparently the programmable oscillators are about ten 
dollars. I don't know how much room they need inside a radio but most 
boatanchors seem to have quite a bit of room inside to hide things like 
that. A pair of xtals, even if more costly might be a better fit in a 
tube radio. In a previous post I already mentioned making your own 
digitally controlled BFO. That is probably not for the feignt hearted, 
needs more space unless surface mount parts are used, and probably not a 
good match for tubes. I also mentioned the junk boxes at hamfests where 
I have found two or three of them (all worked).

73,

Bill  KU8H