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From: Michael A. Terrell on 11 Feb 2010 21:49

mpm wrote:
>
> Waaaay back, I used to fix pagers (beepers).
> We had a Cushman CE-3 generator which was so old (even then), its
> timebase had a very pronounced frequency drift over the course of a
> couple hours.
> Then, about every 2 or 3 hours, you'd have to clock it with another
> signal generator to set a better offset frequency.
> You could never tell by looking at it what channel it was actually on.
>
> We tried leaving it on constantly, which actually was standard
> procedure for timebases, but this thing would just go bonkers if you
> tried that!!
> We eventually pawned if off on our Atlanta shop, along with a quarter
> taped to the top so that we could honestly say they got something of
> value.
>
> I would never have remembered Cushman if the OP hadn't brought it up.
> We used mostly Motorola and IFR (Regency) generators and service
> monitors back then.


I have a CE-3 Service Monitor W/301 and 316 Modules and a CE-5
Service Monitor. The CE-3 is synthesized, while the CE-5 uses glass
cased crystals.

I also have a 'PFM-2 Calibrator for Service Monitor' that I got with
the CE-5. Both looked brand new when I bought them at a hamfest, years
ago.

BTW, the CE-3 came from a pager company that owed me some money.


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