Ian 16th - Ah yes, the Crystal Bank! At Dishforth and Abingdon we used to collect a 'Route Pack' of Xtals for the VHFs and the STR18s dependent on which route we were on. Over the years I , somehow, 'collected' a personal stock of the most useful which lived in the Nav bag pencil box (still have the box!) When I eventually left Abingdon for Bangkok, I tried to hand in these 'extras'. NO way!! The chap in charge didn't want to know - the addition of some dozen or so xtals to his aready audited stock would create HUGE problems!!
