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