Audio Precision System One Dual Domani Measuirement Systems

They are used in the following countries:

American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China (without holes in blades and slightly shorter blades), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Maldives, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Okinawa, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.& British), Yemen.

The UK style outlet is used in the following countries:

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Channel Islands, China, Cyprus, Dominica, El Salvador, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The UK outlet is actually slightly less well-accepted than the US outlet. ;-)

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote

This all seems as pointless as Dave's slagging-off of US sockets. But some of what you've written makes little sense. Why should items intended for ESA earth stations need to be inspected for US use? And of course they are incompatible with the US market, they are meant to be compatible with a European standard, wasn't that why the ESA specified them? I'm also confused by your reference to "foreign tourists", since when have tourists bought earth stations? And finally since when have socket outlets included voltmeters?

David.

I look at it functionally - it is quite possible to eat reasonably well with prepared foods that require only heating in an oven. It is not clear whether it is better for the oven to use conventional heating elements or microwaves. A toaster oven plus a hot water pot can be far less costly although the gap is narrowing. If you are into fried foods, reheating them in a toaster oven can yield pretty tasty results while the microwave will produce a soggy mess.

Seems like. Could have been a disaster.

Privatizing the TVA need not be so disruptive.

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes: []

They'll email you in advance with the details of what they're going to have in - twice a week - if you sign up for their newsletter. Usually shows what they'll have in in two or three days - and usually they won't sell the items, even if they have them in stock, before the stated date.

There are small combo units sold for offices that are a small refrigerator and cooktop. Sometimes called a 'Kitchenette'.

shows some examples.

What is the total number of installed outlets, rather than the total number of countries?

Where did I say that they were? All the hardware met US standards before it was installed in racks for shipment. One system was installed into a European miltary style trailer, and had to have the wiring complete and ready to plug into the mobile generator that was to be hauled behind the communications system. Both were to be hauled by a classic Duce& a half, or similar sized vehicle when a launch was scheduled. The other system was pre cabled so their techs uncrated the full racks on site, plugged the labed harneses to the racks, and had their electricain connect it to the facility's power system. that's the entire concept of a 'Turnkey Installation' A couple hours after it was delivered, it was fully operational, instead of them spend six months or more wireing and testing, then calibrating the system.

Isn't that obvious? They wanted what they are used to using. Wouldn't you? Just like the Ku band system we built for the ISS. Based on a Microdyne 700 series Telemetry system, but shipped with 48 VDC power supplies instead of the standard 120/240 volt AC supplies. A stanard AC plug for any country would be useless.

When have you ever seen brand new, custom built US $8,000,000 earth stations for sale at a flea market? You are in such a hurry to find fault that you don't bother to consider the meanuing of the text. 'Foreign tourists' here on vacation were buying them in Florida and taking them to Europe becasue they were a lot cheaper than similar items in the UK.

Since China sold them. I could probably go to a flea market annd take a picture of one, if you need convinced that they exist. Even then, you would probably claim they were fakes. :)

Why should items intended for ESA

Why mention that they weren't inspected for US use if they didn't need to be?

Well I thought it was obvious, why I why I queried the fact that you apparently thought otherwise

I wasn't in a "hurry" to find fault at all. I actually spent some time reading your post trying to decipher the meaning. But since what you wrote was so vague and confused I asked for clarification of what you actually meant.

You are still being vague. What foreign tourists, and what were they buying?

Well OK, I've never seen one. I doubt that they conform to UK standards.

You appear to think that I am deliberately finding fault with your post. I'm not, I'm simply asking for clarification of the meaning of your vague and confused post.

David.

The fact there are multiple grades says much. Better to use an entirely different connector for arduous duty. Then there is no danger of mixing them up.

I'd say exactly the same of that fitting you pictured. It looks like it would be impossible to make something cheaper or nastier.

You could say the same about analogue TV. Doesn't make 525/60 NTSC better than 625/50 PAL, though. ;-)

Simply that I did get involved with using them many years ago, and assumed the design had improved by now.

You'd really need to install some and be familiar with installing UK ones too to make a true comparison.

? Betcha' goin' fishing, all the time ?

You swine, pissing myself laughing at this exchange... ;)

Ron

We had aluminium (note UK spelling!) telephone cable until recently. It's been replaced with copper, and it's noticeably better.

Andy

Hoover use/used aluminium wire for field coils in their washing machine motors, it was always giving trouble with fractures and poor connections at the crimps.

Ron

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Analog TV, what's that? ;-)

AFAIK, we haven't had analog TV broadcast anywhere in the US since June

Surely you remember analogue TV Arny, it's when we had five channels of rubbish, now we have 900 channels and it's still rubbish ;)

Ron

(Nor worse, though it sometimes was.)

Another difference between us! Here the analog was/is kept broadcast until the day of switchover (which is happening region by region, with the last few regions happening this 2012 year).

But you've got to remember that this is the country that kept 405-line going for, I think, longer after 625 started than it had been going before that. (And in Eire - who also kept it going almost as long - the last few years of 405 were generated in a rather endearing manner.)

Erm, 405 started before the war and was alone until 1964? Then it continued for another 20 years?

gr, hwh