Richard Ballard

AS SURELY AS THE SUN rises, January 1, 1988 dawned right on schedule just as expected. I guess we should also have expected the arrival of 11 new aircraft frequencies and been prepared to address the frequency control problem. Our club, like many others, was not! Our old frequency control board had gone through several seasons of use and was getting just a little tired. Not only that, but it was just barely big enough to hold the old set of pins without adding 11 new ones. It seemed as if the only thing to do was to design and build a new board with enough room for all 22 usable channels plus two Ham bands. After much head-scratching and discussion with other club members as to what was needed, as well as what was available, the following design goals were established.