Believe it or not I was making a living sell rocks HI HI back forty
years ago.
It was like there was a freaking crystal company on every corner.
There was so
much competition back then the prices was chump change. The crystal
companies
could have put the big hurt on PLL or programmable dividers. I know
the real
reason crystals took a back seat, and it;s not what anybody thinks
happened.

73 OM

n8zu

It would be my guess to do away with technicians that tune up radios and fix
things.