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Old 17th Apr 2021, 12:23 pm   #16
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Default Re: Airmec 864 comms rx.

Hi All,
A place I worked in the late 60's had an Airmec Wave Analyser - the same basic instrument as the receiver and the signal generator all based on the turret band change and film scale tuning mechanism.
It was used to look for spurious outputs from HF transmitters - spectrum analysers being narrow band jobs in those days.
The tuning mechanism was horrible - stiff and lumpy - and made tuning from 1 to 30Mhz or more an absolute chore, making the test very unpopular amongst the team. As the most junior engineer I got to do it a lot!
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