38 dB Pot Re: [Boatanchors] attentuation pad

[mikea]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 04:17:53PM -0400, RJ Mattson wrote:
> I have these 100K Ohm - 2 dB per step pots that I have been hording for 
> years.
> They are made by Daven Co. NJ
> Each one has an unique serial# and have an intricate detent wiper for each 2 
> dB.
> What were they used for and is there any ham application?

I've seen detented pots much like that used in (then) high-$ and high-
precision mixing boards in recording studios, back in the 1960s. I 
remember very vividly a friend's disappointment that there was no way
for the recording studio to do a _smooth_ fade down to zero at the end 
of one of his sample tapes. This was, of course, pretty much in the 
stone-knives-and-bearskins days. We've come a long, long way since 
then. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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Tired old sysadmin