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Originally Posted by Tim Wescott View Post
Answering Robb's question made me think of a very mild puzzler:

Can you think of a way to connect up an octal tube socket so that no
matter what orientation a pair of crystals is put into it you'll still
have two switchable crystals (no forcing pins allowed -- only schemes
where the crystal goes into receptacle 1 & 3, 2 & 4, etc.).

And, after you exercise the dozen brain cells that it takes to answer
that question -- did anyone do it in a production radio, or publish it in
a magazine, that you know of?

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Hi OM Tim,

Here's my solution.

Don't think it was published earlier!

73,

Nandu.
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