The start of the next sentence has been incorporated in the link. Just remove 
the "So" at the end....    works fine.

Regards, 
Paul    G8GJA

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Camp
Sent: 15 February 2017 12:36
To: Robert Atkinson; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vintage Frequency Measurement

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:
>> 
> 
> 
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