[MRCA] Recrystalling a TBX-8

[Al Klase]

Hello Garret,

I played with one of those years ago, and was kind of freaked out by the 
crystals, they're big, and appear to be heat sinked to the chassis. 
Fearing that it might be the kind of oscillator that breaks crystals,  I 
installed a # 49 pilot lamp ( 2 volts, 60 mA) in series with the 
crystal, and used FT-243's without a problem.

YMMV,
Al

On 3/12/2017 5:52 PM, Garret Scott wrote:
> With all this crystal talk, I've been prompted to think about crystals for
> the TBX-8.
>
> Any one experienced with this or with those funky giant round CG-40024-A
> crystal holders which they use?
>
> Just wondering if a typical fundamental crystal on 3885 Kcs will go in there
> and work.
>
> Thanks,
> Garret
> W8BUG
> scottgs at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
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