On 29/08/2008 22:47, Brent Hilpert wrote:
  I'd say point-to-point wiring becomes problematic
when you start getting going
 into the higher shortwave / low VHF, and granted it becomes an issue in a
 physically large system, but it may not be bad as you might think. 
Sometimes even an asset.  I recall a DIY project in Practical Television
in the UK, for a Band III (about 190-200MHz) VHF TV preamp, built in the
proverbial tobacco tin with a VHF pentode (IIRC), and using a length of
coax for its tuned circuit.
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Pete                                            Peter Turnbull
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                                                University of York