[ARC5] ARA CBY-46104 and a Question
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WA5CAB at cs.com
Sat Oct 13 12:55:45 EDT 2012
Wayne,
It should be a 0-5 RF Ammeter. One application was in TBW. Probably
others, too.
In a message dated 10/13/2012 11:32:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
releazer at earthlink.net writes:
> My 46104 I bought at a hamfest for $1.50 circa 1982. It was unhacked but
> missing a tube and the top cover. It looked pretty sad and I had planned
> to dismantle it to build a VFO.
>
> But first I bought the missing tube and fired it up. It worked fine. I
> did not have the heart to take it apart as a result. And then it quit.
> Found a cold solder joint on one of the RF coils pins and after that was
> reheated it worked fine again. I was impressed that I could get the LAX parking
> info station loud and clear from 8 miles away using no more than short
> hunk of wire on the floor.
>
> Now a question: At a hamfest this morning I bought a meter, just a meter
> no equipment, "USN Type CAY-22026A Type NT-33 25 CY to 20 MC Cal at 60 CY"
> Anyone know what this meter fits?
>
> Thanks
> Wayne
>
Robert Downs - Houston
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