[rescue] OT: tuner question

[George Adkins]

On Friday 10 May 2002 03:38 am, you wrote:
> On May 10, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> > I'm looking at tuners on Ebay.  What is AFC?
>
>   Automatic Frequency Control.  It's a trick that FM tuners use to
> "lock on" to a signal by rubbering the receiver's local oscillator
> around.  This usually prevents frequency drift (thermal, etc) from
> causing your receiver to wander off-station.
>
Rubbering?  I've never heard that term used before.
is it in any way related to the use of scrod as a verb?

George