Farting around
Kids today…
I have a… idunno, I guess I’m (one of) his Elmer(s) but I don’t know what that makes him. PFY, maybe. Told him I’d drop some stuff off for him to use to try to revive the PLL on an Icom IC-240 (the TC5080 had snuffed it).
Anywayz, so this Whatsapp convo goes down:
(Yea, I wind him up. I feel it’s my duty).
Westinghouse NT-33 Antenna Ammeter
From my stash of interesting stuff. I know very little about measuring antenna current, I’ve never seen it covered in a Radio Amateur Handbook or the like. Not even my 1948 edition.
The meter face (note the non-glare glass) reads “USE 3 AMP 17.5 M.V. 2 M.A. EXT TH’C’PLE. F.S. WITH .166 OHM LEADS = 17.5 M.V. STYLE N-635226 TYPE NT-33 FS = 2 M.A. 25 CY TO 9 M.C.
It has three terminals and I have no idea what “L” means.
Turns out “L” is connected to the back of the meter face. Still don’t know what it stands for.
Anyway, it’s a non-linearly calibrated d’Arsonval movement with a (measured) internal resistance of 8.5 ohm and an FSD of 2mA. 17.5mV over 8.75 ohm is 2mA, so depending on whether the 0.166 ohm lead resistance is for one or both wires, the internal resistance should be 8.58 ohm or 8.42 ohm so yea, the complete meter spec is written on the meter face if you know what to look for.
It should look good in some retro kit, even if I have to interface a PIC to the back of it to get the calibration right.
I lol’ed
Note to Groom: This is where you GTF away. Seriously. Most people don’t get this good a Hint. You won’t get another one this clear.
Stronger than he looks
I have an SX-28, and no, your face does not look like that when you are holding an SX-28 like that — or at least, mine doesn’t.
(From Radio Craft, March 1942)
Postal Service ain’t what it used to be
When my mother was in Europe back in the eighties, she exchanged air-mail letters with ny father back home, maybe five or six in the four weeks she was there. Two, three day service, basically.
My landlord Sergey in Ljubljana gave me a post card to send home. I have it to him on the 4th of October. OK, he only mailed it later, because the cancellation is dated the 14th of October.
It arrived here today.
