[ARC5] What is in this photo?

[John Hutchins]

My guess its a ground portable , beacon or weather station?


On 8/5/2018 2:12 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi Tom:
>
> A very interesting find.  I've posted the photo on my Gibson Girl page 
> because what looks like a motor driven Morse Code Wheel, but that's 
> just a guess now.
> https://www.prc68.com/I/GibsonGirl.html#Mystery_Device
>
> Observations:
> The carry case with two handles (probably it's heavy) has English 
> printing about keeping out of the Sun. (does not make sense for a 
> beacon transmitter)
> WARNING - KEEP (handle)  ???????
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?        (handle) EXPOSED
> ?   ?   ?    ?     ?                       OR SUN
>
>
> There are at least 3 parts to the device:  (1) the carry case, (2) the 
> main chassis (we can see the back of it), (3) the front panel (2 men 
> holding)
> Note the carry case has an "L" shaped storage area at the back center 
> for a bunch of accessories that involve a lot of wires.
> Both the chassis and front panel are notched to fit into the carry case.
> In the upper left corner on the back of the main chassis is what 
> appears to be a motor driven mechanism with two cams operating two 
> witches which might be Morse Code keyers.
> The same idea as the motor driven cam in theGibson Girl Fig 50 
> <https://www.prc68.com/I/GibsonGirl.html#Fig_50>.
> At the upper right of the chassis is a large coil with many taps which 
> appears to be for low or medium frequency. It has a lot of taps.
> This might be part of an antenna matching network (consistent with an 
> emergency beacon transmitter) or it might be to allow generating RF on 
> many frequencies (not consistent with a beacon transmitter.)
> In front of the carry case there appears to be a white cylinder a 
> couple of inches in diameter.  Maybe just a spool of hookup wire used 
> to connect scope.
> -- 
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
> https://www.PRC68.com
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> 1. The extent to which you can fix or improve something will be limited by how well you understand how it works.
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> -------- Original Message --------
>> Hello All,
>>
>> See ebay item 301225267182.  What are these guys in the photo 
>> tinkering with?  It looks American, possibly a test set for something.
>>
>> Tom Bryan
>> N3AJA
>>
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