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From: ksbszabo@watvlsi.UUCP (Kevin Szabo)
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Subject: Does anybody know why Auto AM radios tune with variable inductors?
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 00:39:11 EST
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I have found that 99% of auto AM radios use a bank of variable
inductors for tuning; whereas all other portable AM's use
variable capacitors.  Anybody out there know why?  My only
guess is that the variable capacitors might not be rugged
enough, but it seems unlikely.

	Kevin Szabo
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Kevin Szabo' watmath!watvlsi!ksbszabo (VLSI Group, U. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada)