[Milsurplus] FW: Flying Boat Anchor

[Marty Reynolds]

Breck, et. al ---- this came from another web warp & I thot someone
here might grok the pair.

RDF fm a B-15??  Come in W Strangfeld, come in Indiana Jones.

>
> A fellow ham is looking for info on a Direction Finder gadget...
> I have posted a photo at http://www.virhistory.com/ham/dfphoto/df3.jpg
> Nick KD4CPL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Bullock [mailto:DaveB at ihr.mrc.ac.uk]
> Subject: Flying Boat Anchor?
>
> Dear Nick,
>
> Trawling the web I found your site and wonder if you can either identify
> or know a man who can identify an American looking Direction Finding
> boatanchor.
> It belongs to a radio ham colleague who is less web-wise than myself
> hence my being charged with this task.
> I only have the pictures so I can't really give any dimensions other
> than compare the size against the magazine in the picture.
> It looks a bit aircraft'ish to me with the small DF loop, but I'm no
> expert.
> What my radio friend is trying to do (just for the hell of it) is get
> the thing going. He started tracing the circuit out but it is just too
> complicated to make sense of.
>
> Thanks in anticipation.....Dave G6UWO
> (and John G0PSI)
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>
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