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Offline Gino Italy

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Eddystone 830-4
« on: December 06, 2018, 2325 UTC »
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Re: Eddystone 830-4
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2018, 2335 UTC »
Gino, I have the 770R Mk11.
Only goes down to 19 Mhz so not a lot of use for HF listening.

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Re: Eddystone 830-4
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2018, 0410 UTC »
DROOL.
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Re: Eddystone 830-4
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2018, 1953 UTC »
These grand old dames of the airwaves are the raison d'etre radio ops in Brit army service were/are called "scaleys", you know, because of the band scales on the radio.
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Re: Eddystone 830-4
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2018, 0920 UTC »
I remember those Eddystone receivers in the ships mess room, officers saloon and the crews rec room in my old merchant navy days... 8)
« Last Edit: December 10, 2018, 0048 UTC by Looking-Glass »
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