[Milsurplus] Coding

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Same issue - it's made before the numbers ( and labeling) became magic. Never under estimate the ability to adapt a system to make it work. If you don't have a marking system to label 5.1 pf ( or uuf) come up with something -- there's a war on ….

Bob

On Aug 10, 2013, at 6:17 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> Good guess, but that's not the issue.
> 
> I'm trying to reverse engineer the ART-4 unit. I've traced the thing and
> know how it actually works, BUT according to the capacitor marked values
> it cannot possibly work. Things are wrong by 100x, at least.
> 
> Hence my various questions.
> 
> -John
> 
> ===================
> 
> 
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Value substitution is always going to be a question on stuff made before
>> the magic numbers we now (mostly) use came into being. A practiced eye and
>> a good schematic should give you a pretty fair idea what to do. Not every
>> value is critical +/- 1%.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> On Aug 10, 2013, at 5:35 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> All and good, but my question has nothing to do with knowing the color
>>> code.
>>> 
>>> It has to do with actual component values, like is 500pF an actual
>>> value,
>>> when the preferred values are 470 or 510 pF.
>>> 
>>> -John
>>> 
>>> ==============
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> And then there's always:
>>>> 
>>>> "George Elliott's old grandfather rode a pig home yesterday"
>>>> 
>>>> Geography, don't ya know?
>>>> 
>>>> Clare
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Laura and Jim
>>>> <mcenfalz at humboldt1.com>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I learnt this in the early 1970's:
>>>>> Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls, But Violet
>>>>> Gives Willingly
>>>>> 
>>>>> Learnt another one for the Geologic Time Scale in college, but it's
>>>>> pornographic. Mongo likes it though, and hasn't forgotten it yet,
>>>>> hihi!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73 DE JIM K6FWT
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