[Milsurplus] R-808 ads

[Eric A. Jones]

de N4TGC Eric

Wunna dees days, I's gonna get around 2 actually making use of that 
MRC-55 man. and 'boot up' my copy of the R-808 (it'd been "hot-wired" 
by the former owner, but ...) at which point no doubt Dave will hear 
from me!

One nice oddity of the R-808 is that it appears to have been designed 
by a Ham!  Note that in band-changing, Ham bands  are generally 
sequential: Band 1, "2 - 4 mc", actually goes down to 1.8; switch to 
Band 2, and you're right on 3.9 - 4 mc;  but start on Band 1 at 3.5 mc, 
and you're only 1 spin of the crank away from 7.3 on Band 2, and then 
right atop 14.0 on Band 3 AND 29.5 mc on Band 4!  In the 'can't have 
everything' dept.:, if you start on 21 mc, switching down puts you near 
the 60 meter sliver, but 10 crank-spins away from 1.8 on Band 1.

I forgive  it for being too heavy and oddly constructed.  I must, 
anyway, I still have it ... anyone ever find a use for the guard 
channel?!
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