[Hallicrafters] More cruising

[Bill Marx]

If they drifted I never noticed it . I was more concerned about having fun...
Thats why we had one radio for transmitting and one for receiving...
Bill Marx W2CQ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: "Bill Marx" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>; "JOE" <k1ike at snet.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] More cruising


> I'm getting really sick and tired of the constant reference to "drift" when
> discussing the "more mature radios"!
> 
> Had, perhaps, all for the MMR's when I was a novice and general back in the
> 1950's, and I happen to know they did not drift at all.
> 
> This drift you notice was simply an early, and somewhat primitive, attempt
> at "autotune", or "bandscan".
> 
> Barrie, W7ALW
> 
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