[time-nuts] NATIONAL RADIO NC-2001,2011 CESIUM BEAM MANUAL

Pete Lancashire pete at petelancashire.com
Wed Feb 16 22:36:50 UTC 2011


Before my fire, I had the 5 or 6 volume 'manual' for the B-24 bomber.
A good 2/3rds of the drawings and almost all the foldouts where colour.

Def will order one of these from Dave.

-pete

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:25 PM, John Miles <jmiles at pop.net> wrote:
> This turns out to be a really neat document.  It has foldouts that I
> couldn't scan in one piece with the equipment I have, so I sent it to Dave
> at Artek Media.  He's done a stalwart job of scanning the manual at high
> resolution with as much of its original "patina" as could be retained
> without going completely out of control with the file size.
>
> As it is, it's over 100 MB, due to being scanned in color at my request.
> Sounds pointless for a service manual, but the reason is apparent as soon as
> you open the file, because this isn't just another service manual.
>
> Here's his listing for the scan:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390289796187
>
> A couple of sample pages:
> http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/sample1.jpg
> http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/sample2.jpg
>
> Recommended for Cs clock nuts and history-of-technology fans in general.
> (The original is spoken for.)
>
> -- john, KE5FX
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Miles [mailto:jmiles at pop.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:46 AM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: RE: [time-nuts] NATIONAL RADIO NC-2001,2011 CESIUM BEAM MANUAL
>>
>>
>> C'est moi.  I wanted a chance to scan it before it's lost forever
>> in the tubes.  I'll relist it as soon as I'm done (or someone can
>> just buy it from me for the same price.)  Would be nice if the
>> original eventually finds a home with an NC-2001 or -2010.
>>
>> The manual would probably be of some interest to an NC-1001 owner
>> as well, since it would give an idea of the improvements made in
>> the next version.  Not sure what differences exist but I'll bet
>> they have a lot in common.
>>
>> A catalog of documents held by the Smithsonian (
>> http://sirismm.si.edu/archivcenter/findingaids/AC0547.pdf )
>> suggests that the NC-2001 was a 'militarized' version from the
>> same basic era as the NC-1001.
>>
>> -- john, KE5FX
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
>> > Behalf Of Scott Newell
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:19 AM
>> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NATIONAL RADIO NC-2001,2011 CESIUM BEAM MANUAL
>> >
>> >
>> > At 11:24 AM 1/25/2011, Scott Newell wrote:
>> > >At 11:14 AM 1/25/2011, Bob Camp wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>Looks like somebody grabbed it pretty fast. I wonder if they have the
>> > >>hardware that goes with the manual?
>> > >
>> > >I sent the ebay link to a friend with one, but I've not heard if he
>> > >bought the book.
>> >
>> > Oops.  I just heard back; my friend has an NC-1001, not the
>> > NC-2001.  So it wasn't him.
>> >
>> >
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