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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote:

I gathered up two SEA-106's (I think that's the model), one with the
Eproms and one with the thumb wheels. Drew diagrams and accumulated parts to
convert the EPROM model (with freq display) to a knob tuned, all frequency
Ham rig. Was discouraged and quit when my talents couldn't figure how to
tune it in smaller than 10khz increments with SEA's decoding system for the
VCO........sigh.

Lynn, "Has-Been Guru"

As I remember it the 106 didn't have a divider chain that went down past
10Khz, because 100Khz was the minimum channel spacing at the time for
commercial MF/HF radios. I think Bill Forgey wanted to go to 100Hz,
but got overruled by the Marketing Guys, as it would cost to much to
impliment that into the radio. Sure made the VCO Loops, a lot easier to
design. I remember how interested those guys were to look at my Kenwood
TS-430, that I got right after they came on the market. Bill, Mark,
and Pete Hopp, did a complete Type Acceptance proceedure on it, in the
Design Lab just to see how good the design was. I saw the data, and it
would have passed on all the technical stuff, just wouldn't meet the
Operator Control Requirements. They were very impressed, and the result
was the SEA-322, which has one of the best commercial Marine Specs
around.

Bruce in alaska
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