[Milsurplus] puzzler - module with glass rod?

[Peter Gottlieb]

After I figure it out I'll be glad to give it to someone else. I have no interest in it beyond that, I have way too much random stuff laying around already. 


Peter

> On Apr 6, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, I thought it was a very peculiar device, but that surely someone here would pipe up and say - "Oh that's the flux capacitor used in the turbo-encabulator section of the AN/BBW-2. Fair Radio used to have plenty of them."
> 
> Whatever it is, I believe it is clearly out of my focus on USN ship/shore communications equipment. I have a zillion projects I should be working on so I am desperately trying to avoid getting fascinated enough to spend time tracing the circuit, checking for resonance, etc.
> 
> I propose sending it to Peter's lab on three conditions
> 1) If that rod is actually made of diamond, he'll send it back to me.
> 2) He'll tell us what he finds out.
> 3) If someone pops up and really really needs it to make his AN/BBW-2 operational, he'll let it go.
> 
> Howzzat???
> 
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Peter Gottlieb <kb2vtl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a full lab including VNA so would characterize that component as well as the surrounding circuits if I had it here for a bit. 
>> 
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Never in the field of military radio collecting have  so many speculated so much on so small an item.
>>> 
> 
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