[CW] OT: International Crystal Going Out of Business

[ROBERT DOHERTY]

Dave .....   


There is sure to be a run on the old crystals ... some one will try to buy those that are sale on eBay and Amazon ...


We have saved a number of 80 and 40 M CW  crystals for our 1956 one tube 50L6 transmitter ....


We still use it for Straight Key Night ...  click     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU81Vh379i4&t=219s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU81Vh379i4&t=219s



Whitey  K1VV 



> On March 12, 2017 at 12:28 AM "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
>     OT:  International Crystal Going Out of Business
> 
>     Fifty years ago many of us used crystals in our transmitters, sometimes the expensive variable frequency oscillators (VFO) were difficult to get working perfectly, often there was some chirp or poor wave shape.
> 
>     Now the last big supplier is going out of business.
> 
>     In 1970 all the scanners needed crystals, CB transceivers needed crystals, taxi cabs, police, fire department, two-way radio was crystal controlled.
> 
>     How things change!
> 
>     73
> 
>     DR
>     http://www.arrl.org/news/international-crystal-manufacturing-going-out-of-business
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