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Old 10th Oct 2019, 9:47 pm   #21
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Default Re: ECF82 frequency changer

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Originally Posted by turretslug View Post
Then the RA17 came along.... and both hands needed to dart around again. I wonder what US oppoes who were accustomed to the contemporaneous R390 with its complex but thorough ganging arrangements thought of it.
I think it may depend on whether a receiver is expected to be used for General Search (i.e. tuning around fishing for signals), or point to point communcation where it is set to a frequency and left there for long periods of time.
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