[Milsurplus] ME-398/U ???

[Joe LeKostaj]

Barry,

Sounds like a signal line tester for checking (perhaps) FDM telephone 
lines. The description sounds very similar to a ME-71A/FCC that I've 
got. It might be usable as a bare-bones LF/VLF receiver if the 
sensitivity and IF bandwidth are adequate.

73,
Joe K9LY



At 5:24 PM -0400 9/24/02, Barry Hauser wrote:
>Anybody know anything about an ME-398/U?
>
>Some clues:  First, it's a meter, not a Messerschmidt, gray and a bit
>smaller than a breadbox.  Made by Cosmos, the PTO manufacturer and contains
>a PTO with gear drive and a 3-digit Veeder-Root counter.  The range is
>limited by a cam affair so that it reads from zero nominal to about 485 kHz.
>
>There's a big db/voltmeter on the left side, filter switch with 3
>positions -- 250 Hz, 2500 Hz and "Flat".  Has an attentuator switch with
>many positions marked in db and volts and one cal. position, fine tuning and
>one or two other controls.
>
>Input is in the form of 3 banana jacks -- case ground jack strapped to
>ground jack and hot. Near the meter side there's a switch for 135 and 600
>ohms and "calibrate"..
>
>That's about it.
>
>Anybody know?  Any theories?
>
>Barry
>