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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut
This refers to a crystal "ringing" circuit. It actually does not oscillate on its own, but has a very high "Q" so that it produces a decaying oscillation that lasts longer than 1 horizontal line when excited by the burst. When this decaying waveform is amplified and clipped, it is sufficient to drive the demodulators.
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Son of a gun. Then it doesn't use a 3.58 referance oscillator at all, right?