Subj : Antenna
To   : Tom Walker
From : James Bradley
Date : Mon Jul 11 2005 09:36 pm

07-10-05  06:49, Tom Walker told Roy J. Tellason about Antenna

 How do, Tom?

 RJT> TW> I am thinking the same thing. BUT far back i nthe Fuzzy brain I
 RJT> TW> think I ran across a Tavble radio that used it. IT woudlc have been
 RJT> TW> only in a Higher priced model though as it was more expensive to
 RJT> TW> produce. The reason morotols used it in teir Car Radios is bacuse
 RJT> TW> they came up with a clever way to change stations with One button.
 RJT> TW> There was a 6 volt solenoid and a ratcheting mechinism that gave
 RJT> TW> you six positions for hte Coil slugs.
 
 RJT>That whole thing with the presets was something I never did get much of a
 RJT>handle on,  the way it worked...
 
 RJT>And now,  of course,  we've got *electronic* presets,  
 RJT>usually with no back
 RJT>for the "memory" in there,  so if you have to 
 RJT>disconnect the battery for so
 RJT>reason you have to put 'em in all over again.  This is progress?

 TW> That is somethoing that puzzles me. Seems like the presents could be
 TW> in NVRAM for only a modest price increase per radio.

Couldn't one even delay the outage by a cap to trickle power?


.... James

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