On Mar 24, 2010, at 11:06 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: > Yes he did build some for a few years. They were never a big seller > as the > price was pretty high. They did work pretty well. It did not have a > digital > display, only analog meters. There were lights that showed what > range it was > on. You could read AC on one meter and DC on the other. Handy for some > things. > > I kind of remember him playing around with an attenuator pad to go > ahead of > a service monitor. I don't remember the wattmeter part though. > > There was a guy in California making a 40 db power pad to use ahead > of a > service monitor. It was made during the Singer monitor era to go in > front of > it. It had a port for the transceiver and one for the signal > generator and > another for the receive input on the monitor. It worked pretty > well. There > may be a few floating around yet.
Gary: The guy that marketed that 40 db power pad was actually a rep, a real character. I still have the data sheet and picture somewhere here in my library. He used to tell me his real money came from making and selling waders. BTW I do have the schematic and JPEG of the Cushman 40 db pad with the fuse inside. Should I send it to someone? Ciao, Tony, K3WX > > 73 > Gary K4FMX > >> >> While we're at it, what ever happened to the watt meter that fed a >> power >> pad like a termaline with an attenuated output? Was that talk, or did >> they ever do anything with that? >> >> >>> >
