[Elecraft] securing toroids in K2, why not?

[Rick Dettinger]

Hi Jim

Good story!  I think that was a few years ago.  Rolls-Royce acquired a  
license to produce the HydraMatic in 1952!   I remember 1952 well, as  
that was the year we got our first TV,  The last ones on the block to  
do so.

73,
Rick Dettinger   K7MW




>
> Reminds me of a story that I heard years ago while on an assignment in
> England.
>
> Seems that the Rolls Royce company didn't have an automatic  
> transmission
> in their cars. Since automatic transmissions were the up-and-coming
> thing they decided that they needed one to offer in the Roolls Royce.
> Rather than design one from scratch they surveyed the field and  
> decided
> that the best of breed was one made by General Motors. They entered  
> into
> an agreement with GM to use theirs.
>
> They took a GM automatic transmission into their shop and tore it down
> completely. They wanted any transmission that was going into a Rolls
> Royce to be top quality, inside and out.  Everything passed muster
> except for one part.  It had a rough surface.  That just wouldn't do  
> so
> they machined the surface to a Rolls Royce standard.  The trouble was
> that when the transmission was assembled it wouldn't work.  They
> contacted GM and found out that the surface in question had to be  
> rough
> or the transmission wouldn't work.
>
> Best to trust the judgment of the design engineers.
>
> 72,
>
> Jim - W4BQP
> K2 #2268
>
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