> > Anyone who has done RF
> > work or used an oscilloscope extensively knows how hard some things
are
> > to measure!
>=20
> I often felt that if a British Standard Finger could be packaged small
> enough and priced well that it would sell in vast quantities. Applying
> said BSF to various circuitry locations can make unintended
> oscillations stop, intended oscillations start, values drop into
> correct ranges, counters count, resetters reset, adders add and strong
> men tremble.

I remember an article in Electronics Australia, part of the "Serviceman
who Tells" column, of a radio serviceman out on a trip in the outback to
repair someones radiogram. I cannot remember what the original fault
was, but on taking the back off he encountered this rather odd looking
thing attached to the aerial connector. Enquiries elicited that it had
once been a long tube of sausage meat (I kid you not), and the logic had
been that they couldn't get radio reception, but when someone put their
finger 'just there' the radio worked loud and clear. So what to do, well
a finger is just some meat, so we'll attach a sausage there, which
apparently worked fairly well for a period.
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