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Old 11th Jul 2021, 12:14 am   #2831
Superscope
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Default Re: AVO Multimeter survey

Ted,

I think the Construction Date follows the normal Avo Date coding.
So your Bridge will be Feb 1944.
It also fits in nicely with the Six Bridges we now have logged including yours.
Earliest logged Date we have is 1943 and the Latest is 1947.

Interesting you mentioned RAF Blue, I never thought about it being
RAF, but that makes sense.

Can you post any Photos of the Box, Leads and Bridge ?
And anything else included with it ?

Mine says Bridges Test, AVO No.1 MK II (Complete Station).
Would be interesting to know the difference between the Mk I and Mk II.

Inside it has the same Label as yours "Case Test Equipment No.5 WY 2176".

Mine didn't come with any Leads or accesories in the case, so I started a
Thread about it a couple of weeks ago, but only had one response from
TowerRadio (Les) who says the Box should have had a Spare Valve and
External Reference Capacitors in it. Sadly, mine are all missing.

I think a lot of these Bridges survive, but most don't appear to be in their
Boxes any more.

I incorrectly stated on the other Thread, that the Box is the same size as
the one used for the Admiralty Pattern 48A Avometer, but this isn't quite
true as it is very slightly smaller.

I am currently in discussion with the REME Museam about some other Military
markings, so I will ask about the Numbers on the Bridge in due course.

They are very busy at the moment, so responses are quite slow and they are
all volenteers as far as I know.

I'm looking forward to firing mine up and seeing if it works, but just don't have
the Time at the moment to wake it up carefully.


Ian
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