[HAM] why are tonewheels superior?

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At 10:48 AM 1/31/2007, Phil Glatz wrote:

>A neighbor was giving away an 8200 Aurora, and my first thought was
>"no tonewheels".  This got me thinking - in theory, which should
>electromechanical versus purely electronic generation make a
>difference?  The tonewheels generate sinusoidal waves, which are free
>of harmonics and as pure as you can get.

There's where you went wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth.