"Robert Orban" wrote in message
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As an amusing aside, one of the essential engineering tools was a broom
handle. Held by the engineer, who balanced it on the console meter
bridge he used it to push the button that switched the DA from day to
night pattern while he stood by the Federal and hit the breaker that
turned the plates on and off.

To be technically correct, since the XMTR was already on, the plates were
turned off and then on after the array was switched...


Gary Schnabl