[Milsurplus] [ARC5] minor correction/Fw: RF ammeters / BC442-A ...

[Henry Frederick "Meils" Meiseles]

Thank you very much for the very informative link
which very definitlely does answer my question.

73  & have a nice weekend,
Henry, Cph.
oz3o n2nr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: "Henry Frederick "Meils" Meiseles" <meils at get2net.dk>
Cc: <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] minor correction/Fw: RF ammeters / BC442-A ...


> The meter readings for the 0-10 meters are completely arbitrary - on 
> purpose.  Full scale is actually around four RF amperes.  See my article 
> on the I-71 at http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/I-71A.html for more on its 
> antecedents.
> 
> 73,
> Mike  KC4TOS
> 
> On 5/27/2011 3:43 AM, Henry Frederick "Meils" Meiseles wrote:
>> I do realize there's a current transformer but that doesn't
>> necessitate that the dial readings are arbitrary -- but
>> the dial is linear which would most probably be
>> too good to be true for "factual current" readout.
>