Breck,

That's PEN not PIN.  Yes, I know you good-ole-boys always say "ink pen" or "stick pin" to differentiate.
But now we have "stick pens."  https://smile.amazon.com/BIC-Stick-Medium-Point-SGSM11-RD/dp/B00006IE71/ref=sr_1_4?crid=R1I2D76WRK99&keywords=stick+pen&qid=1661730617&sprefix=stick%2520pen%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-4

ARK Sig Block Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 8/28/2022 7:41 PM, B. Smith wrote:
      A little white fingernail polish on top of the holder and a standard ball point pin will allow you to mark the finished crystal with the frequency.  Pilot G-2 series size  07 pin works great. Finish with Clear polish.  Buy your polish at the Dollar Store. BTW  May 1963 "QST" has a nice article on raising and lowering HC-6 crystals once they are out of the holder.   Very easy to raise in frequency but moving lower in frequency is difficult - the process is not very precise but allows moving those HC-6's that are out of the ham bands. Be prepared for fatalities.
Z



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