Somebody read the resistor code backwards then? Easy enough if you don't know what you're doing w/ Established Reliability parts.
-John ============= > I only mentioned the yellow band because of reliability. Seems like the > original resistor was 220 ohms and the one that actually met the required > NF > was 330 (or the other way around). So, it was not the yellow band that had > to be changed. - Mike > > Mike B. Feher, N4FS > 89 Arnold Blvd. > Howell, NJ, 07731 > 732-886-5960 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of J. Forster > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:43 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Simulation > > ?? The yellow banded R means established reliability. I see no reason why > the NF should be any different then one w/o the yellow band. They are the > same part, only one is tested more. > > Not white band perchance? > > -John > > =========== > > >> Yes, I guess it was. I have been in the military business since 1967, >> and, >> certainly seen my share. Besides all of the screw ups, there was one >> that >> really took the cake. I once worked for a company that had to build a >> radio >> that was strictly build-to-print. The original drawing had a mil-spec >> yellow >> band resistor of value X in the front end. Well, with that resistor the >> NF >> could not be met. They could meet it with a value Y. Pleading with the >> government reps made no difference. Finally, the head of the company QA >> department wrote a letter to AB and actually asked them to provide >> resistors >> with value Y, but, color code them with the value X. Everyone signed off >> on >> it, and, everything was fine. I still have a copy of the letter >> someplace. >> I >> just got back from Fort Bragg where I was involved in certifying a >> system >> at >> Ka band. The antenna is a 30 footer and had only a 10 degree elevation >> look >> angle to see the bird needed. Well, guess what? There are three 30 foot >> dishes in the system, the other two being Ku, and this antenna was >> between >> them looking right through one of the Ku antennas. Really messed with >> the >> patterns. Now, based on my input they are changing the feed assembly and >> all >> of the RF between the two antennas to prevent the blockage. It will take >> a >> month. I am sure I will be there again. A few simple examples of >> hundreds. >> - Regards - Mike >> >> Mike B. Feher, N4FS >> 89 Arnold Blvd. >> Howell, NJ, 07731 >> 732-886-5960 >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com >> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 6:52 PM >> To: time-nuts@febo.com >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Simulation >> >> >> In a message dated 14/08/2010 23:39:20 GMT Daylight Time, >> mfe...@eozinc.com >> writes: >> >> Not that it really matters for this thread, but, the 2N2222A was one of >> the >> most common NPNs and not PNPs. As I recall, the 2N2907A was its PNP >> complement. - regards - Mike >> >> >> ------------------ >> Wasn't that exactly the point that was being made?:-) >> >> regards >> >> Nigel >> GM8PZR >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.