[Milsurplus] Navy LM Frequency Meter... that's a bit DIFFERENT!

[Thomas Adams]

Ya never know what's gonna show up on Ebay. I'm not certain if I've 
hit gold, or caught a total dud here.

For use with my Navy RBB and RBC communications receivers, I needed 
an LM frequency meter; the dials are good,
but they're not THAT good.

An LM-13 showed up...  online, it looked EXCELLENT, and indeed it IS. 
This thing looks like it was never issued; it's
either new or completely refurbished from top to bottom. Not too 
shabby for 15 bucks and mailing.


The FIRST hint that something might be amiss...  the calibration book 
came in a brown manilla envelope. Never seen
THAT before...


ONE (1) EACH: BOOK, CALIBRATION

USED WITH LM- SERIES FREQUENCY METERS

LORAL ELECTRONICS PART - 44-1002-1


Interesting...  because it's a Bendix built meter... so I'm thinking 
this critter was factory refurbished.


The unpleasant surprise...   the book is completely BLANK!!!  It was 
never filled in with calibration data!!!


Anybody else out there ever encountered one of these critters before???


I'm tempted to add a frequency counter module (also on Ebay) as a 
readout, mounted on top in a separate box,
to make it useful for measuring frequencies.

Either that, or rewire it as a regenerative receiver!  ;o)


Mr. T. ,  W9LBB