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to: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN
from: BOBBIE BEERS
date: 1996-09-22 22:24:00
subject: RE: Pro-43 miracle MOD

 -=> Quoting Scott Christensen to Bobbie Beers <=-
Hi Scott,
 SC> Which reminds me, at one time Lafayette sold a tunable VHF high band
 SC> receiver - it tuned with a dial!  Talk about having a hard time
 SC> finding stations!  All it was really good for was the weather channels
 SC> because you could tell when you were drifting off and swing it back on
 SC> channel.  If you drifted off a channel that only had sporadic traffic
 SC> you were out of luck. 
 SC> I added a crystal filter to the IF of mine.  Otherwise the IF was
 SC> nearly as wide as a broadcast FM band radio.  You could hear as many
 SC> as 5 or more channels at once! 
Sounds like a fun radio!  Sure must have made life interesting!.
73/88
Bobbie
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