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Old December 12th 10, 10:47 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Stuart Longland VK4MSL Stuart Longland VK4MSL is offline
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Default Crystal Wanted

Hate to hijack a thread …

On Dec 6, 2:55*am, highlandham wrote:
With your tuneable range ,for 10.100-10.150 MHz you can use any crystal
in the 18.495 to 18.985 MHz range ,probably even a low cost
microprocessor type.


Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the "microprocessor"
type crystals and other crystals? Is it just frequency stability or
is there something more fundamental?