Hi The link gives an error, but I have no doubt that the meaning of the term varies a bit. Thanks for the reference. I’ll try to get it working from here.
Bob > On Feb 15, 2017, at 2:28 AM, Robert Atkinson via time-nuts > <time-nuts@febo.com> wrote: > > Hi,Sorry if I caused confusion by calling the SCR/BC221 a wavemeter. Clearly > it's not in the wider usage of the term, and the manual and front panel call > it a frequency meter. However the similar British device was called a > wavemeter "Wavemeter Class D" > http://www.vmarsmanuals.co.uk/archive/724_Wavemeter_Class_D_No2_Working_Instructions.pdfSo > here in the UK the 221 was often also called a wavemeter. Classic wavemeters > were also available for example the Marconi TF975. > Robert G8RPI. > > From: Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Monday, 13 February 2017, 23:46 > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vintage Frequency Measurement > > Hi > > With a VFO running, you have a heterodyne frequency meter. That is (at least > to me) > a very different device than an absorption wave meter. I know way to put > power into > a BC-221 and use it as an absorption device. > > I’m not in any way saying that the LM or the 221 are less useful. They are > still to this day > great little boxes. The just aren’t (by my understanding) wave meters. That > term describes > a different device that works a different way. > > Bob > >> On Feb 13, 2017, at 5:52 PM, John Miles <j...@miles.io> wrote: >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
