[R-390] PTO Massive Deaths

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

 The question was "has anyone seen an article to use PTOs as VFOs."

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Sorry, it ain't going to happen. 1970 was to far after W.W.II.
In the 50's it was cool to rework and home brew radio.
So there were lots of stuff to do.

A couple thousand PTOs is not enough market for a magazine article.
Two small of an audience. In 73 Wayne Green turned down my R390 alignemnt and 
tube substitution story. Good stuff, but audience is to small for subject 
matter.

By the 70's every one was into rice boxes and the magazines were/are pushing 
appliance operation. Novices were stuck with crystal control transmitters. No 
one wanted any one except a FCC compliant manufacture building a VFO.  Just 
because some folks are leading edge engineers that does not mean most of the 
radio community is. It is far more important to knuckle under to less than savvy 
cheep TV owners than require them to get their education up to snuff and get a 
life or at least a TV that can deal with the real radio world.

Look at the Radio Amateur Hand Book since it went to the large format. Build 
things? I do no think so. As soon as someone finds a way to UPS you an antenna 
tower for $299.95 even the antenna building articles will be gone.

Long live the NorCal guys, at least they are trying.

Roger KC6TRU