[Boatanchors] Hickok KS-15750-L1 tube tester schematic needed

[manualman at juno.com]

I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but in my early years at Bell Labs,
I did have the opportunity to write several draft specifications for
various components that were then massaged by the 
Standards Organization, the manufacturer, and myself until we all came to
an agreement and then a "KS" number was assigned to the component(s).
Interestingly, I also wrote several "J" specification documents (J70176,
J70177, and several others), which were detailed ordering guides for
specific product lines for the telephone companies, but at no time were
they ever referred to as "JS". Product codes starting with "J" were
almost always manufacturerd in a WECo facility. "KS" coded products were
always manufactured by an outside manufacturer which was the point for
the "KS" document.

It's never too late to learn and no pissing contest is required.

Pete, wa2cwa
www.manualman.com


On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 16:51:39 -0500 "David Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> Ok Pete....you're the expert.
> 
> I was reluctant to respond to the OP because I felt certain that it 
> would
> develop into a pissing contest....and it is starting.
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> David Harmon
> K6XYZ
> Sperry, OK
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On 
> Behalf Of
> manualman at juno.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 3:59 PM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Hickok KS-15750-L1 tube tester schematic 
> needed
> 
> Most likely, the tag, "KS" or "KS spec" came from an Engineer (maybe 
> his
> first or last initial) at the AT&T location at 463 West Street, NYC 
> back in
> the early 1900's. At West Street, besides a lot of other activities, 
> they
> also did dimensional drawings for piece-parts, wrote 
> specifications,
> developed quality standards. 
> 
> In an Western Electric News article dated November 1920, which was
> distributed to Western Electric Employees, there was a tongue and 
> cheek
> article called, "Humanizing the Engineer, a Study of Outside Limit
> Material". In the second paragraph of the news article, it stated 
> "KS:
> specifications for apparatus purchased from outside firms - KS 
> meaning
> 'Kan't Squirm', because they pin the manufacturer down so tight that 
> he
> can't wiggle out of any of the requirements."
> The construction of the Kearny plant didn't begin until 1923 so the 
> reality
> that "KS" had something to do with the Kearny plant or a "Kearny 
> Spec"
> really isn't true. After Bell Laboratories came into existence in 
> 1928, most
> the draft specification requirements were done by Bell Labs 
> engineers and
> then sent to the AT&T Quality and Standards Organization to shape it 
> into a
> "KS" document.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:18:56 -0500 "David Harmon" 
> <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
> writes:
> > The Bell System has/had a method of having tools and equipment mfgd 
> by 
> > non-Bell sources.
> > This apparatus was mfgd to a Bell spec called 'KS'.
> > Generally....this stands for 'Kearny Specification'.
> > There is some speculation that the KS spec system goes back to 
> before 
> > 1920 and was called 'Kellogg System' at the time.
> > Later...much of the small tools and equipment was mfgd at the 
> Kearny 
> > plant and the 'KS' meaning morphed into 'Kearny System'.
> > So..........every relay burnisher, relay adjusting tool, test 
> > sets....everything used by a Bell System employee had a KS number 
> 
> > stamped into it.