Great story! Congratulations on the recovery and restoration. John WA4WDL
> On November 28, 2017 at 1:52 PM Ulf Kylenfall via time-nuts > <time-nuts@febo.com> wrote: > > > > All, > Your comments regarding my hobby project are appreciated. > The story behind the first 5065A that I was able to bring back to life was > that I encountered it when I was 13 yearsold in 1968, taking part in the > schools intern programme (first experience about what a job was and what > engineersdo in their work). I was given a tour of the Onsla Space Observatory > and the 5065A, the pride of the observatorywas shown to me. (I was not > allowed to touch it.) In the late 90's it was decomissioned because of the > burned Rubidium cavityheater and would eventually have gone into the > recycling container had I not salvaged it almost 50 years later. > > (I found the OPA111 link in one of the answers in the thread and purchased > the remaining 3 pieces.) > Ulf - SM6GXV > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.