Ed Vance wrote to Roy Witt:

 EV>> I forget now what it was that I learned had a crystal oscillator
 EV>> frequency in the 20 meter band, but after I learned about it I tuned
 EV>> my RCVR to that frequency and heard some noise.

 RW>> I still get that noise, as this PC generates the same
 RW>> oscillator noise in my present gear. My Police Scanner does
 RW>> too, but fortunately, it has a 'lock out' button to eliminate
 RW>> that frequency.

 EV> Now I remember what device put the signal at a 20 meter frequency,
 EV> It is my Commodore 64.  IIRC 14.31818 Mc/s is some standard
 EV> frequency for Video (I think).

Which means while you're on the air near that frequency, the computer is
offline... 8^)

 EV>> Oh Yes, Computers have crystal oscillators too! IIRC the Commodore
 EV>> 64 oscillators frequency is 1 Mc/s.

 RW>> Oh yes...

 EV> I'm thinking the 14.31818 Mc/s is the Crystal Freq. but I think
 EV> the C=64 clock rate is 1 Mc/s.
 EV> (I've heard some 6502/6510's ran at 2 Mc/s)

My Pentium runs at 4MHz...

 EV>> Yes I AM A BIG LID.   . . . .    . .       _ . _

 RW>> I think that RF oscillator energy has cooked some of the fat
 RW>> away here...

 EV> I wish it would cook away some of the Fat around my Brain.

That's what I meant. 8^)


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