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Subject: Re: Does anybody know why Auto AM radios tune with variable inductors?
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 10:42:47 EST
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>It probably allows for a more reliable push-button tuning system.  Small errors
>in the position of a tuning slug would have less effect on the inductance than
>the same amount of slop in the angle of a variable capacitor.

WHY?
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