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Old 19th Oct 2019, 10:55 pm   #11
Oldcodger
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Default Re: Yarnfield -bit of nostalgia for Gods Poor Orphans

For the transmission blokes on here - I had a nostalgic trip round Stone a good few years ago ,and the old ancient ( possibly WW2 ) huts and the equipment block had gone to be replaced by a housing estate . Anyone who remembers what CEL6 or 12Mhz coax system is will remember the walk from the training block to the canteen three times a day .
Someone mention Mercury Arc rectifier - I had one on one station I was sent on relief to .
I did my basic Transmission two courses at Didsbury, but the rest at Stone ( never in my day called Yarnfield- that was where the Labour in Vain Pub lived).
Rest of my FDM courses were at Stone. I always remember on each successive course seeing diagrams of a ( ex - a coax system) where the system was shown in boxes. Ask what was inside the box. Answer was always the same- "come back on next course and find out".
But I never did find out the answer to one question "difference between CEL 6 & CEL6A).

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