Dial was for receiver, transmitter rock bound until you added optional VFO. Oh, girls did love VFOs. Especially those whose giga hertz 😊. Ken ke4rg
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of WW3S Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 7:13 PM To: Hisashi T Fujinaka <ht...@twofifty.com> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Jan <k...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Latest Elecraft NEWS When I got my license in 1972 they had just authorized novices to use vfos....sure wish I had that Millen 90711 now !!!! Sent from my iPad > On Jan 25, 2019, at 7:08 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka <ht...@twofifty.com> wrote: > > I thought when I was a novice we couldn't use VFOs on transmit. > >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2019, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> >> Jan, >> >> The HW-16 was a crystal controlled transmitter only - no receive capability. >> >> Yes, there was a time when transceivers did not exist, and many transmitters >> did not come with a VFO. Many VFOs were external to the transmitter. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >>> On 1/25/2019 4:35 PM, Jan wrote: >>> Err, WAYNE - - there is some question as to the contents of the >>> latest E-NEWS **** You write: armed with a dozen or so crusty >>> FT-243 crystals for my Heath HW-16 .... (Away from "where" was a >>> poorly answered question, as my Hallicrafters receiver dial wasn't >>> exactly digital.) >>> QUESTION: Did your Heathkit HW-16 not have a tune-able receiver? So, why >>> the Hallicrafters mention ?? >>> Then you continue with: Fortunately I soon acquired an outboard VFO, a >>> life-changing addition to my station. Jealous friends doubled up on their >>> paper routes to pay for their own. Girls suddenly paid more attention to me. >>> QUESTION: What do an outboard VFO and ... /Girls suddenly paid more >>> attention to me/. .... have to do with CW?? >>> Nice write-up about CW Spotting >>> Cheers, Jan K1ND >>> **** I've read many a paper in my role as a professor ;-) >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: >>> http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: >>> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to >>> donw...@embarqmail.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this >> email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to >> ht...@twofifty.com > > -- > Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com BSEE + BSChem + BAEnglish + > MSCS + $2.50 = coffee > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > w...@zoominternet.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ktalb...@gamewood.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com