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42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT
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01-15-2014, 04:19 PM
Either acting as a resistor or acting as a capacitor.
Sometimes I think the switch contacts plus the wires going
to the switch can leak enough signal through just from the
stray capacitance to hear a faint signal.
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42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 12-30-2013, 09:30 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 12-30-2013, 09:58 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 12-30-2013, 10:18 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-02-2014, 10:21 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by BrendaAnnD - 01-02-2014, 11:00 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-05-2014, 03:49 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-06-2014, 09:59 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-08-2014, 08:36 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-08-2014, 08:42 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-08-2014, 08:53 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-10-2014, 07:52 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Jamie - 01-11-2014, 10:59 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-11-2014, 11:32 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-12-2014, 03:07 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-12-2014, 06:11 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by codefox1 - 01-14-2014, 03:18 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-15-2014, 09:14 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 09:45 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 01:52 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 02:30 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 03:40 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 04:19 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 04:41 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-18-2014, 01:21 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by BrendaAnnD - 01-18-2014, 03:09 AM



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