[BC] Throwing out a FIM...

[Philip Harris]

I am totally kicking myself in the behind for throwing any old 
equipment away.  Although, I have recovered another 120 E, 
recently, from a transmitter site's junk pile.

Back in the mid 80s, who wanted this stuff? old GR mod. monitors, 
HP frequency monitors, RCA line amps, etc.  Junk the GM wanted 
out of the station.  The old FIM was in the same category.  Had a 
sticky meter, seemed like junk compared to the PI FIM 21/41. 
Little did I know.

I still remembered doing a partial proof in the late 60s in the 
winter, and slamming my frozen fingers in that cover. Those 
springs are strong!
Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Burt I. Weiner" <biwa at earthlink.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:49 PM
Subject: [BC] Throwing out a FIM...


> Tell me, why would you throw out a Field Meter???  The old 
> Nems-Clarke, RCA's and Vitro's are still very reliable 
> instruments.  I have three of them that I run on a series 
> string of 9 Volt batteries and they are in agreement with my 
> recently calibrated FIM-41.  The older units may not be quite 
> as convenient but they can be just as accurate and certainly 
> just as portable.
>
> Maybe the person that paid almost $800 for a Nems-Clarke on 
> eBay knows what a new one costs and isn't so crazy after all. 
> The next time anyone wants to throw one out, call me first. 
> I'll gladly pay the shipping.
>
> Burt
>
> At 10:41 PM 12/28/2005, you wrote:
>>From: "Philip Harris" <pk_harris at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] Nems Clarke FIM on eBay...
>>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>>The Nems Clarke 120D sold for $771 on eBay!  Un believable.  I
>>have thrown out three of these in the last 20 years in clean 
>>out
>>projects.  Shame.
>>Phil
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>>Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: [BC] Nems Clarke FIM on eBay...
>
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