On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:50:35 -0500, Jeff Morris
wrote:

You're bringing back memories with this. But who could afford a radio
in the early 70s? I thought I was well equipped with a spinner and a
Ray Jeff RDF. I think I finally got VHF (with 6 crystals) around 1980.

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I had the same setup in the 70s. Still have the RayJeff RDF out in
the garage but think I chucked the VHF w/crystals when I cleaned out
up north and moved to Florida. I had 2 receive crystals installed in
the RDF for 2182 and 2670. Boats would call USCG on 2182 for a
direction check and then get switched to 2670 while they homed in on
them. It was pretty humorous listening at times. The REALLY well
equipped boats in the 70s had a double sideband MF marine radio and an
aircraft type VOR unit for direction finding. It was a big pricing
breakthrough when Motorola came out with a frequency synthesized VHF
for around $300. That unit sold with one of my old sailboats.