02-09-2014, 05:27 PM
Yes, 99.9% of what has been written there, I would agree with . . . for what that's worth! 
And I did draw some comfort from it . . . . .
Quote: at least one source (James J. Lamb in his April 1937 QST article) . . .
and
quote: Crystal current indication with a lamp would all but disappear rapidly after World War 2 . . .
both of which have confirmed my earlier remarks, to wit: this idea of using a lamp for the purposes as described was decidedly obsolete by the 1960s, despite its continued appearance in Amateur Radio publications at that date - and after.
Al.
And I did draw some comfort from it . . . . .
Quote: at least one source (James J. Lamb in his April 1937 QST article) . . .
and
quote: Crystal current indication with a lamp would all but disappear rapidly after World War 2 . . .
both of which have confirmed my earlier remarks, to wit: this idea of using a lamp for the purposes as described was decidedly obsolete by the 1960s, despite its continued appearance in Amateur Radio publications at that date - and after.
Al.
