[R-390] Resistor Tolerances

[Thomas W Leiper]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 07:45:03 -0400 "scott" <polaraligned@earthlink.net>
writes:
...
> Most, if not all, of the resistors seem to be 10% in my
> modules and I am thinking that this was just a military
> requirement rather than an necessity.

I am "resisting" the "requirement" to respond, but my
"tolerances" have been exceeded by over 10%.

Certainly any aspect of the original construction was a
military requirement and not necessarily an operational
requirement since many things can be changed that
actually improve performance in some ways. But by
trying to hold tolerances tight, they are trying to hold
the performance to a predictable level so that when
it is put into service they know what to expect, and
not have one radio being "hot" and another a "dud".

Imagine if you went to by another Questar and the
specification was plus or minus a half wave...

Tom