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Don't know where you got that one from but it's wrong. Rock bound means crystal controlled transmitter. Since the crystal is made of quartz, a type of rock, the term is actually accurate. The operator is bound, as in tied to, a fixed frequency because it is determined by a crystal.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 559586, member: 39"] Don't know where you got that one from but it's wrong. Rock bound means crystal controlled transmitter. Since the crystal is made of quartz, a type of rock, the term is actually accurate. ;) The operator is bound, as in tied to, a fixed frequency because it is determined by a crystal. [/QUOTE]

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