[Boatanchors] Re: [Milsurplus] ID CLG-20414 Vibrator

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

With the Y-901 marking, could this be a tuning fork for an oscillator?

We used tuning fork oscillators for timing in the military.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 02:27 AM 06/20/04, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>Groups,
>
>Can anyone ID a CLG-20414 Vibrator?  I acquired a couple in a swap deal last
>week, and didn't find it (much to my surprise) in my database.  Obviously
>NAVMARCOR from the nomenclature.  Unlike most WW-II vintage vibrators 
>(cylindrical
>cans of various diameters), it has an aluminum sheet metal base and a cane
>metal cover.  Somewhat similar to the VB-16 used in the PE-237 for the 
>BC-1306
>and AN/GRC-9 but mounted to the base plate are two 6-pin plugs (standard 
>6-pin
>tube base dimensions) and the actual vibrator is mounted horizontally rather
>than vertically.  Two D-rings on the top of the cover for pulling it out of
>whatever it is used in.  Painted black.  Also marked Y-901 and 
>NTX-1677A.  And
>several other stamps that look like QC or acceptance stamps.
>
>I'm guessing some obscure power supply or audio amp, as I'm familiar with the
>vibrators used in most of the tactical radios of the period.
>
>Robert Downs - Houston
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