The first time I competed in international competition was in Europe. I was amazed. The Europeans showed up and checked what frequencies were busy. They carried with them a little box of crystals. They would rummage around and select crystals for the lesser used frequencies.

This totally demolished the myth of tuning radios every time a crystal was changed.

In competition in the US we often have to have fly-offs. We change crystals to suit. Now I can be preached to about tuning ad-nauseam. In practice it is a myth.

Ed S

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Ed,
I see somebody is on the same wavelength.
John

John,

You mean we are in tune??

Ed