[BC] A new Whatzit?

[Jared Seese]

The thing looks like a radio directional finder probably pre world war
two and more that likely a band I, II, III, antenna and the tapes are
each band.
Jared

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Dennis Cope
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:12 PM
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Subject: RE: [BC] A new Whatzit?



Connect the thing up to a network analyzer and find out what frequency
it's
tuned to.
Dennis



the material the loop and base are made of?? (Looks a little like brass
or
bronze in the pics, to me... how much does it weigh??) Would brass help,
or
hinder DF ?

   what if there were another ring inside this one... any outputs to
that?

   Is that a pulley partway up the center??

   My mech skills tell me that even "back in the day" - nobody would go
to
the time and expense of using three screw to level / plumb the thing
unles
they really needed to...   So I wonder why they did it.  the points are
used
rather than pads because they "get down through all the junk" and are
more
reliable...

 I can't help but think there was another loop inside the large one,
probably 90 degrees to the first... or at least at a different angle to
the
first...

   and I cant help but notice all the screws (?) around the
circumference of
the vertical support.   If they hold it still from spinning, that's one
thing, but if they hold a bearing or a race, it means the accuracy of
the
swing was more important than just DF work... or... it was run by
something
other than a crank at the bottom (like the old DF trucks from the movies
had
a crank... )


   I wonder if this was partly gimbal to hold and feed something else...
which isn't in the picture...
  Jason
>
> I wish I could give you a make and model, but there is nothing like
this
> on
> the Whatzit.  There is however, several connecting posts located near
the
> bottom label "A" through "H". "A" is the common post and "B" through
"H"
> are
> tap points for a coil of wire looping around the circumference of the
> ring.
> "H" indicates there are a total of 105 turns.  The coil is made of
green,
> cotton, insulated, magnet wire, gauge unknown.
>
> I too, believe it is some sort of RDF antenna, but what kind and where
it
> came from are a mystery.  Each of the three legs comes to a point that
is
> itself an adjustable screw to adjust the level of the loop.  The
design
> leads me to believe there is a missing base plate of some sort as I
see no
> way of keeping the base from moving while trying to adjust the
direction
> of
> the loop.
>
> There also appears to be something missing, inside, at the bottom of
the
> loop.  There is a finely threaded mount, approximately 1/2" in
diameter by
> 1/2" long, that looks like something else should mount there.
>
> I came by this piece while cleaning out one of the supply closets at
our
> remote studio in a theme park.  No one knows where it came from or how
it
> got there.
>
> Dan
>
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> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry Mishkind
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:47 AM
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> Subject: [BC] A new Whatzit?
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> Perhaps someone knows the make and model of this item?
>
> www.oldradio.com/pic1.jpg
> www.oldradio.com/pic2.jpg
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