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Old 13th Feb 2012, 12:07 am   #772
pmmunro
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Default Re: AVO Multimeter survey

Phil,

The Model 40 front panel is quite common on Type D Avometers but it looks like even the Admiralty had to accept what was going during the Second World War.

Maybe we should ask for a survey of how many ex-services meters which are not Model 40s (Models 40?) have a Model 40 front panel. That might show when these panels were used in this way. I would guess around 1941/2 when things were most desperate.

I don't know what meters the Army (REME, Royal Signals and others) used as there are, as far as I am aware, no Army specific Avometers from this era. The Type D would have been very useful for motor vehicle work and some have a Broad Arrow (feon) at the top centre of the scaleplate where others have the crown and "AM" letters. It could just be that the broad arrow type were for Army use although I think they still have the 10S/10610 Air Ministry instruction plate. Still, if they could live with a Model 40 front panel....

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