[Boatanchors] Tuning Scale Help

[Al Klase]

Keith,

I'm not sure exactly what you want to do.  But, I fear there is no 
really easy answer.  You can do a lot with the drawing functions in MS 
Power Point, and there is the Open Office free equivalent.  These allow 
you to push objects and pieces of text around until they look 
respectable.  (I've always found the simple "DRAW" programs to be pretty 
frustrating.)

I've used Corel Draw for a long time to do thongs like *THIS**.* 
<http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/HP002/Chart.gif>
Or the dial scale _*HERE.*_ 
<http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/homebrew/flexfront.JPG>

For instance:  You can construct the graph on the first LAYER and lock 
it.  Plot your points on a second layer, and draw a line on the third 
layer, and bend it of cross the points.  Then set the second layer 
showing the points to NOT PRINT.

Now, there will be an investment in time to get started up on one of 
these "Verstor Graphics" packages, but for the kind of thing we do it's 
worth learning to hack at such a program.  Learn 4 or 5 functions, and 
you'll be dangerous.

Good luck,
I'm not a graphic artist, but I do play one on TV.
Al




On 4/22/2017 4:28 PM, Keith Densmore wrote:
> Greetings All,
> I have just completed a conversion of a BC-221 to an awesome regen
> receiver. I want to make up a set of good looking paper tuning charts for
> it. Simple enough, frequency on the top of the sheet and the dial counter
> number on the bottom (0-50). Something like this simplified
> 7.0          7.5         8.0        8.5
> -l--------------l-------------l------------l------
> 00-00      03-35     10-46    13-60
>
> and so on. Problem is I can't find a program simple enough for a computer
> illiterate me to use. Anyone got any ideas??
>
> Thanks, 73,
> Keith ve3gem
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/