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- From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Dynamotors; was: Re: A much better power inverter design
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.193152.28423@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 19:31:52 GMT
- References: <BuE4p8.5Bq@acsu.buffalo.edu> <26230@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <larryd.716229475@milton>
- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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- In article <larryd.716229475@milton> larryd@milton.u.washington.edu (Larry Desoto) writes:
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- >Dynamoters...you forgot the true dinosaurs of High Voltage. The proper
- >technique when using dynamotor powered ARC-5 transmitters was to press
- >the mike key and wait a second or so until the motor was up to speed.
- >It really brings back memories of adding another battery to the car's
- >electrical system to bring the voltage up to 24 volts for the dynamoters.
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- That, I'm told, is why police code numbers for messages begin with
- "10-" (as in 10-4, 10-8, etc.). The first syllable has to be
- uninformative because it might get clipped off.
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- My sources also tell me that "10-666" is a CB curse word.
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- + Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA
- + Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
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