In rec.radio.amateur.equipment gareth wrote:
Is backlash in tuning mechanisms necessarily a problem, because
a little bit of looseness in the drive means that an accidental nudge of the
tuning control won't cause a frequency change, as it would if
tightly-coupled and backlash free?

And conversely, if what you WANT is a little nudge, you are out of luck.

Of course ALL this is solved with modern tuning controls with an
adjustable rate.


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Jim Pennino