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Old 30th Sep 2017, 1:56 pm   #6
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Default Re: ID This Device?

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Originally Posted by ms660 View Post
In the 2nd photo what's the four brass looking things on the top?
Aren't they just the top ends of the 4 pins?

I'm betting that it's either a crystal or some sort of plug-in capacitor: I recall that WWII-era transmitters sometimes used plug-in "antenna-shortening" capacitors (in series with the antenna) to help a radio designed for short whip-antennas (well less than 1/4-wave) to match a longwire that may be more than 1/4-wave long.
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