[R-390] Navy Ship R 390A's

[mikea]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 03:37:44PM -0500, wa4aos at aol.com wrote:

> I called CQ on CW last week and had a fellow, a KE4???, told me I has
>40 Hz off frequency???????
>  I looked real quick to make sure I was not out of band and then
> laughed my a$$ off.. It was pointless to explain to him the digital
> display he was focused on might be 40 Hz off frequency..
>
> I was using my Johnson Ranger II and a Hammarlund HQ 170.. I should
> have taken this as a complement since the HQ 170 had only been on for
> about 10 minutes.. Heck the 170 drift's like a drunken politician on a
> good day.... Hi Hi Hi...
>
> You gota love the NEW GUYS ! ! !

Off _what_ frequency? You were on the one you chose; what makes him think
there have to be 100-Hz detents on the VFO?

"There goes the Swan net, drifting together across my RX passband." Things
have changed, and the new generation of gear pretty much doesn't drift,
chirp, click, or have any personality. That's why I like the '390 stuff. I
fell in love with it when I saw my first one, way back when, but only in
the last 10 years did I get a change to actually _own_ any. Inspired
design, damn fine implementation. 

I guess I need to put together an HB TX with some very carefully-tailored
chirp, just to get the Officious Observers on my case. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin