[Milsurplus] Sic Transit Gloria Motrac

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Mike,

You have reminded me of the float test used by the Navy. Suspect parts 
were tossed overboard. Any that floated were deemed 'good' and retrieve. 
I never saw any good ones.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 05/27/2018 11:13 AM, Mike Feher wrote:
> Almost my entire engineering career was for the military. Have you ever
> seen a hammer test on equipment? The largest one I have ever seen was
> at, as I recall, NAS Indianapolis. There they had a very large,
> explosion driven projectile designed to hit the gear. Sadly, I never saw
> that one in action. However, some of the hammer test that I witnessed
> did create some interesting and unexpected results. 73 – Mike
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> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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> 89 Arnold Blvd.
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> *From:* milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Dave Merrill
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 27, 2018 10:52 AM
> *Cc:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] Sic Transit Gloria Motrac
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> Group,
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> 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.
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> I miss those days.
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> 73,
>
> Dave
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> N9ZC
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