[ARC5] Bendix RA-1B receiver

[AKLDGUY .]

> Does anyone know where the down=ON came from. It *seems* irrational to me.
>
> -John

I'm so glad to have your opinion.
American practice of writing dates as 4/22/2014 instead of 22/4/2014
*seems* a strange hierarchical order and irrational to me, but hey I would
never make a point of writing that it's fascinating on this group or any
other.

Vive la deference (sic).

Sorry for the off-topic and the deference pun.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know where the down=ON came from. It *seems* irrational to me.
>
> -John
>
> =================
>
>
>
> > I used 'fascinating' because it is to many others around the world.  No
> > other implication implied.  I am well aware of the world wide
> > distribution, and my words were carefully chosen as a result.  Perhaps
> > he doth protest too much?
> >
> > 73,
> > Mike
> >
> > On 5/12/2014 8:43 PM, AKLDGUY . wrote:
> >>   > It also has that fascinating "down = on" British design philosophy
> >> for
> >> the toggle switches. :-)
> >>
> >> You've used the word "fascinating" but there's an implied suggestion
> >> that up = on is the way the world should be, as defined by Americans,
> >> and
> >> that anything else is quirky or quaint.
> >>
> >> I don't want to start a flame war, but there's no particular
> >> justification
> >> for either standard. Remember that posts to this list go out to a
> >> worldwide
> >> audience where some members live in countries where the light and socket
> >> switch standard is down for on, and where yes, we do drive on the left.
> >>
> >> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi John,
> >>>
> >>> They're around, but not as common as, say, a command receiver.  I just
> >>> saw
> >>> one on ebay the other day, from commercial airline usage mods -
> >>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/251501261287
> >>>
> >>> Not a bad general coverage set, though the tube types within are double
> >>> ended and a bit noisy.  It also has that fascinating "down = on"
> >>> British
> >>> design philosophy for the toggle switches. :-)   The peripherals
> >>> (dynamotor, shock mount, and remote control box) are a bit harder to
> >>> find.
> >>>   The normal connectors are standard RU/GF and SCR-173/273 types.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>> On 5/11/2014 8:51 AM, John Saxon via ARC5 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Just looking on Mike Hanz's great list of posted manuals and ran
> >>>> across
> >>>> the RA-1B receiver.  Looks like a nice piece.  Are these things
> >>>> around?
> >>>>   Rare?
> >>>>
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