[Milsurplus] Sic Transit Gloria Motrac

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

The dummy load you burned out doing those tests probably wound up at Franklin Park. Eventually 
somebody wondered why the caps in the radio all lit up when you keyed the radio ….. I have no
idea how long we were running tests into an open load :) ( this was in the mid 70’s …)

Bob

> On May 27, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Group,
> 
> My first job out of the US Army in 1968 was with Motorola in Schaumburg. I was a tech on the Motrac line and my job was to power up the freshly assembled units and make sure each one worked to spec. The last test was to put the unit on a dummy load with a Bird 43 wattmeter, key the mike and then beat on it with a rubber mallet, looking for any power output change that would signal a problem, perhaps an intermittent connection. Needless to say I enjoyed that part of the test. I've never had another job in electronics where a good hammering on the product was encouraged.
> 
> I miss those days.
> 
> 73,
> Dave
> N9ZC 
> 
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