[Test-Equipment] Measurements 82

Mike Andrews W5EGO mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tue Dec 16 16:43:39 EST 2008


On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 01:40:08PM -0800, wolfbob wrote:
> Ahh..the model 80...
> 
> It was back in the mid 60s, Burt, K6OQK had just added an FM receiver to 
> his AM 2 meter repeater. One of the local teenagers had a license and a 
> scanner but couldn't afford a transmitter. He had a job in a little 2-way 
> shop after school and daily his buddies would come over. He could get the 
> model 80 on the repeater FM  input by full duplex listening to the repeater 
> output on his scanner while tuning and by yelling into the side of the 
> model 80 made about 3 KHz of deviation. I seem to remember it was the right 
> side. Such a good generator...

I feel ... dirty. <Gently strokes HP 8640B>

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin 


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