Thread: Radios with fixed, pre-set frequencies (Walter Dittel FSG16). Why?
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Old February 8th 16, 01:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Radios with fixed, pre-set frequencies (Walter Dittel FSG16). Why?
The FSG16 is an almost 40 years old design. At the time, the channels/frequencies were stabilized with one dedicated quartz per frequency, and the FSG16 was designed to hold 12 quartzes. Simple as that.