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Dial was for receiver, transmitter rock bound until you added optional VFO.  Oh, girls did love VFOs. Especially those whose giga hertz 😊.
Ken ke4rg

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To: Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd at twofifty.com>
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Latest Elecraft NEWS

When I got my license in 1972 they had just authorized novices to use vfos....sure wish I had that Millen 90711 now !!!!

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> On Jan 25, 2019, at 7:08 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd at twofifty.com> wrote:
> 
> I thought when I was a novice we couldn't use VFOs on transmit.
> 
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> 
>> Jan,
>> 
>> The HW-16 was a crystal controlled transmitter only - no receive capability.
>> 
>> Yes, there was a time when transceivers did not exist, and many transmitters did not come with a VFO.  Many VFOs were external to the transmitter.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>> 
>>> On 1/25/2019 4:35 PM, Jan wrote:
>>> Err, WAYNE  - - there is some question as to the contents of the 
>>> latest E-NEWS  **** You write: armed with a dozen or so crusty 
>>> FT-243 crystals for my Heath HW-16 .... (Away from "where" was a 
>>> poorly answered question, as my Hallicrafters receiver dial wasn't 
>>> exactly digital.)
>>> QUESTION: Did your Heathkit HW-16 not have a tune-able receiver? So, why the Hallicrafters mention ??
>>> Then you continue with:   Fortunately I soon acquired an outboard VFO, a life-changing addition to my station. Jealous friends doubled up on their paper routes to pay for their own. Girls suddenly paid more attention to me.
>>> QUESTION: What do an outboard VFO  and  ... /Girls suddenly paid more attention to me/.  .... have to do with CW??
>>> Nice write-up about CW Spotting
>>> Cheers, Jan K1ND
>>> **** I've read many a paper in my role as a professor ;-) 
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