On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:01:19 +0100, "Ian White, G3SEK"
wrote:

Did that line just look like you could drive a tank across it, or did
you try?

Yes, Ian, you COULD have driven a tank across it, it was constructed of a
massive hunk of aluminum with reinforcing segments to prevent physical
distortion. It measured better than 1.02 SWR with a precision 50-ohm resistive
load.

Actually, slotted lines and computers might just about have overlapped.
I'll bet that, somewhere on an 8-inch disk in a forgotten landfill,
there are programs that say:

Connect Short to Slotted Line and Press Enter
Enter Voltage
Connect 50 ohm Load to Slotted Line and Press Enter
Enter Voltage
Connect ...

Probably so, I still have a few 8" disks lying around, just so I can show and
tell my great grandchildren (and I have five) what the early days of computers
were using for memory.

I'm going to scan the pic in Reflections and email it to you in JPEG format.

Walt, W2DU