[Milsurplus] TS-186D/UP - what is it?

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at verizon.net
Tue Jul 4 22:37:54 EDT 2006


On 4 Jul 2006 at 21:48, jmfranke wrote:

> The TS-186 is a heterodyne freqency meter similar to the BC-221 except
> the frequency range is 100 MHz to 10 GHz.  The fundamental oscillator
> uses a 2C40 lighthouse tube.  The RF input port is unusual in that for
> X-band frequencies, you use it as a waveguide.  For lower frequencies,
> there is a probe that goes into the waveguide and makes contact with
> the feed probe.
> 
> John WA4WDL

Great. Well, in sorting through my piles and piles of junque, I found 
one, sans calibration book, but still in its original carrying box with that 
probe you're talking about.

Probably not worth much...

Ken W7EKB


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