[ARC5] R-27/ARC-5 Hookup Question

[J. Forster]

Thank you,

-John

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> Well, there is at least one clue in the RAT manual that describes the
> use of the 7918 (I-84) five meter test panel as the *first* to be used
> in a series of checks before delving into the receiver on a tube by tube
> basis.  Apparently someone must have considered it important enough to
> include it at that point as part of the maintenance procedure.  At least
> it might have quickly helped identify a problem with the receiver before
> it became smoke filled...:-)   It is the only reference I could find
> that actually pinned down a spot in the maintenance process to measure
> the screen voltage.
>
>    73,
>   - Mike
>
> On 7/20/2013 2:01 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>> On 20 Jul 2013 at 13:40, Mike Hanz wrote:
>>
>>> "It seemed like a good idea at the time..."
>>>
>>> On 7/20/2013 1:31 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>>> An 'appendix' then maybe?
>>>>
>>>> ...TRADITION!
>>>>
>>>> -John
>> I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it was included in the earliest
>> versions of the
>> receivers for a specific purpose which has been lost, and had been
>> continued to be included simply because "that's the way we've always
>> done
>> it." That would be so typical of gummint-run matters.
>
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