[Drake] Digital readouts for Drake tube type rigs

[Frank]

Precision? Accuracy? The first thing you need to do is cure the Drift 
problem.

Analog dials are somewhat forgiving regards to drift.  Digital dials 
will show you how bad it really is.


Jim Lowman wrote:

>Some people tend to use the words "precision" and "accuracy" as if they 
>are interchangeable.
>Your example shows the reason that this is not true.
>
>As it was told to me in my electronics training, "A precision instrument 
>is not necessarily accurate."
>It could be out of calibration, for example.
>
>When I maintained air traffic control radar systems in the Air Force, we 
>had to send each piece of test equipment in periodically for 
>re-certification.
>
>73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
>On 8/27/2012 7:28 AM, Garey Barrell wrote:
>  
>
>>The hardest thing for some to understand is that just because your radio has a 15 digit readout
>>does  _NOT_  mean it's _accurate_ to 13 places.  Resolution is NOT Accuracy.
>>
>>
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>>
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