Reply With QuoteWould have thought this was straight up Mr Curta's street,Originally Posted by catch21
I can't post this in SC as i) it's not mine & ii) it's not for sale, it's a give-away (fund-raiser donation welcomed).
A fellow radio-amateur friend has a working, all-original Marconi AM/FM signal generator 1.5MHz - 220MHz he's looking to get rid of, no further need.
If anyone is interested it's clearly FoC and ready to collect from Dorset. I do travel up and down the country occasionally so if you are on one of my regular routes north we could try to arrange a drop-off or meet half-way.
PM if you're interested or know someone who might be. The present owner is retired and thinning out his radio gear.
Would have thought this was straight up Mr Curta's street,
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You are not wrong there. If I can find a spot that passes the Mrs Curta test I’ll be sending a PM.
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All received and replied to! That's great.
Hmmm, I know nothing about Marconi signal generators, but I now need one!
A long overdue update is required. Massive thanks to catch21 for going out of his way to deliver this to my door last year, and for promoting it here in the first place. Although portable in a very military sense, it is a large piece of equipment so it took me some time to sort out a permanent home with a decent rack and power source. I love older technology that still works and serves a purpose, and I'm using it as a source to test some spectrum analyser equipment at the moment. It looks great as well!
Lovely bit of kit. As is the Avo hiding in the corner. What's missing is a Techronix Oscilloscope complete with a green screen CRT monitor.A long overdue update is required. Massive thanks to catch21 for going out of his way to deliver this to my door last year, and for promoting it here in the first place. Although portable in a very military sense, it is a large piece of equipment so it took me some time to sort out a permanent home with a decent rack and power source. I love older technology that still works and serves a purpose, and I'm using it as a source to test some spectrum analyser equipment at the moment. It looks great as well!
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I fondly remember the squadron having a portable lightweight gennie that was something between a 6 and an 8 man lift depending on how far it needed to be carried...
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Thats a real beauty. Triggered memories of the Cossor 555 portable ILS test set we used in 70s, was like going to the Gym carrying it around !
Forgive my lack of knowledge, what does it do. Looks a great item
I was just going to post exactly the same question and statement! It looks like something out of a James Bond movie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_generator
A mite less auspicious, but I have three Telequipment 'scopes that need a new home. They are very much spares-or-repair, free to anyone who can be troubled to visit south Lincs.
I also have one which is minty. Prefer the amber screen filter mind... Pic before it was serviced -
This Meratronik V543 multimeter sits along with the AVO. It has a lovely clear Nixie tube display with 30mm tall digits.
^^^ I like the sine wave tube, I haven't seen one of those before!
It's great, isn't it? - Multifunction tube for indicating positive, negative and AC.
That is adorable!It's great, isn't it? - Multifunction tube for indicating positive, negative and AC.
Good thing nixies are generally long-lived - wouldn't want to try and source a replacement!
That is adorable!German orange coated RFT Z566M tubes, really lovely proportions. http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nix...566M/z566m.htm
They are getting harder to find but some NOS are still out there at a price. A few years ago I bought a batch from Nocrotec to build a clock but they don't seem to have stock now.
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