[Milsurplus] Crystal History Book and tips on etching

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Depends on how hard you want to wack it with your circuit.
The resistance isn’t going to get any better as you break chunks
off of it. At some point it will get to high for this or that circuit
to work. Since there are a wide range of circuits you might plug
this or that into …. who knows ….

Bob

> On Jul 31, 2022, at 2:28 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> I think I quoted here before on an article I read, most likely in 'Radio' magazine, or possibly 'Radio News', that even with a piece broken
> off a crystal blank, it could still oscillate at the frequency, still be used...
> -Hue Miller 
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