[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] What they for?

Telegrapher at att.net Telegrapher at att.net
Wed Feb 18 23:03:07 EST 2009



 RE: my listing the other day for some Sensitivity test plugs P3000.  Here's a response i received from another list member and is greatly appreciated.

Larry
W0OGH

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From: Brad Whiting KD7GDT <warbird at proaxis.com>
To: TELEGRAPHER at att.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] What they for?
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:20:52 +0000


Greetings Larry;

Once upon a time I obtained (maybe from you) a wooden box 
with the following text on the metal nameplate:

Sensitivity Test Plug for Type US/D Nancy Receiver

The box contains two Sensitivity Test Plugs P3000 plus 
associated cable and instructions. The Nancy receiver was 
part of an infrared unit for signal light communication 
between ships. The instruction inside the lid say to remove 
the phototube and insert the test plug. Further detailed 
instructions say to connect the test cable to a signal 
generator to measure the gain of the receiver amplifier.

The schematic of these test plugs shows a network of 5 
resistors between the microphone connector center contact on 
the top and pin 3 on the tube base. Pin 1 is the common and 
connected to the mic connector body and the metal case. "The 
attenuation of the test plug is 76 db."

Probably more detail than you want, but feel free to use the 
info as you wish. Hope all is well with you!


73 Brad kd7gdt


TELEGRAPHER at att.net wrote:
> All i see on the top of them where they is a connector like for a 
> Microphone although i don't think that's what it really is all about.  
> Anyway i have 4 of these and the label on the top says: Sensitivity Test 
> Plug Type P3000.  They are 4 pin and have the shape of a tube.  Probably 
> for a tube tester although i don't know which one.  Two of them fit into 
> a nice wooden box and all 4 have the same id tags.
> 
> Any ideas?  A 5th item has two pins on the top like an *833 tube would 
> look like but there is no tag on it
> 
> Larry
> W0OGH
> 
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