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Dec 11, 2004 2:03 am
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Workers, I have a stopwatch in the rubber case and an old Avo in its leather case packed away somewhere. If no one else finds one you know where to look. Best...
Denis is fast!!!! but I handed the first copy of the newsletter to Richard Endacott as his father was on the front page and Richard also works in radar group...
Currently in need of 5 off 4BA CSK 1/4" for the restoration of the wavemonitor. Hopefully Chris Heal our 'screw hunter' will find some but these are a little...
A combination of coments from Russ Henry and John Oldenhuis has made me aware we dont have the Standing Wave Indicator (AP56807) that apparently was fitted to...
Hi Harvey & the Group. I made mention to Harvey some months ago that I suddenly became custodian of a 277 magnetron, klystron and video detector assembly, when...
We are trying to find three connectors type APW4127 used on the L26 receiver chassis or information about them - equivalents etc. If anyone can help please...
Here is a full list of Friends of the 277F radar restoration as of 18 March 2005 many aren't in this E-group but I thought those that are may like to see the...
Terry Bluett from NSW office has sent down a good looking Pilot Balloon Slide rule in it's case for our use. thanks Terry Harvey Edwards AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF...
Albert Houston has collected all the necessary parts and will in the near future sink an earth stake and earth our container properly so the earth leakage...
Hi Fellow 277-o-philes! Harvey has dropped a PB Slide Rule on my desk. He has asked if I could put together some words about what it is and how it was used. I...
As we end the financial year we still have a little money left in our budget. I am open to a few suggestions as to what we need most. My current thinking is...
We have just received a near new condition 'cockpit lamp' from the UK. This is the little swivelling bakelite lamp that hangs off the front panels over the...
(Previous email with 1.2 MB of pics of PPI failed to be delivered.) Brian Tideman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Brian Tideman
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Oct 3, 2005 2:06 am
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Hi everyone, One of the better PPIs is now at my home. A number of us have generally agreed that our first priority for a 277 display (in time for the 60th...
Brian Tideman
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Oct 3, 2005 2:44 am
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Hi all, My stereo amp which was only designed to drive 8 ohm loads had trouble mustering up enough 500 Hz power. Consequently I was only able to get a max of...
Brian Tideman
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Oct 3, 2005 8:28 am
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Brian's photos of the inside of the PPI and the first PPI scan waveform in 20 years are now in the Equipment/Restoration photo album. And Ive added a photo of...
At the request of Graham Rogers (served at Forrest in early 1968) Ive found and added a photo of the Forrest radar circa 1969 to the 'Stations' photo album. In...
Hi everyone, By 10.30pm Saturday night, I finally managed to get range rings on the PPI display and the focussing control to operate by providing 11.3 VAC at...
Brian Tideman
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Oct 22, 2005 1:35 pm
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Hi again, The slips rings have now been burnished and stable range rings are now being produced. I now find that the two circuit diagrams show the "old"...
Brian Tideman
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Oct 23, 2005 2:19 pm
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Due to the astonishing work of Brian Tideman you can see a picture of a 277 PPI working with range rings in the Photos/Equipment/Restoration album - well done...
We are looking for the straight sided bakelite knobs with THP on the underside. There is a photo in the Equipment/Restoration album. Also we're after the 4 pin...
Hi Harvey. OK, you're after a 4 pin plug. Vid tells me he's sent you a head and breast set. Must've not had a plug. The week before last I was at our WF44...
G'Day Workers, Re the device at the bottom of the 277 picture - its a dimmer/dip switch used to turn off the binnacle style lights around the outer edge of the...
Denis great!! I was wondering if it was like the 'ol WF2 'foot switch' that froze readouts for writting down - wrong again. No we dont have one, I think...
I've placed that photo of the switch in the "photo" section under "equipment". Ain't no greater hoarder than me!. Regards Denis Hakanson [Non-text portions of...
