On Fri, 27 Sep 2013, dave wrote:
On 09/26/2013 04:42 PM, m II wrote:
On 13-09-21 07:52 AM, wrote:
Punching in a frequency on a digital keypad is just
pansy!! You heard me PANSY! No offense to any pansies out there?.
Key punching ponces everywhere forgive you. Especially those in Holland,
MI. They're more 'sensitive' than the others.
mike
ranger never had an R390A with a stiff gear train. I have keypads but I still
use the big knob too.
Just like in the old days, if you could afford it you'd have an R390, and
something with more traditional tuning bands. So if you couldn't afford
an SP-600 as the secondary receiver (that thing had such a great flywheel
on it, spin the knob and it almost gets you to the top of the band), you'd
at least get a better than cheap consumer type shortwave receiver. You'd
use it for the bansdcanning, then to the R390 for the detail work.
When I had an SP-600 I'd use it a lot when experimenting, put it on the 30
to 54MHz band, and spin that knob, finding a harmonic of an socillator I
was working on, then move down the bands to get the actual frequency.
It's the same with current receivers. Being able to punch in a specific
frequency is great, no band changing or dial spinning to get WWV for a
time signal or just to see how propagation is going. But if you're
actually tuning, best to have a knob on that receiver too.
Michael