[Milsurplus] WW II Test Bench Instruments

[J Forster]

True. That's why I was not interested in purpose built Test Sets (like the one
for the ARC-5)

Thanks,
-John



Lloyd KK7IZ wrote:

> Hi
> What would be on the bench of a bench of a radio or radar development
> engineer and what would be on the bench of a service tech would be entirely
> different benches. The dev en'gr would have more sophisticated equipment,
> for sure.
> Thanx
> Lloyd  KK7IZ
> kk7iz at cox.net
>
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> From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] WW II Test Bench Instruments
>
> > Out of curiosity, what test instruments would have been on the bench of
> > a radio or radar development engineer in the last days of WW II ?
> >
> > I can see a BC-221 or LM-xx and a VOM (what kind?), but what about
> > scopes, RF generators, AF generators, power supplies, etc. I suppose it
> > would have been a mix of military and commercial, but that's just a
> > guess. I'm more interested in standard gear, not special, purpose built,
> > test sets for a specific system.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -John