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General Category => Members Lounge => What is it? => Topic started by: JennyLeez on February 09, 2014, 03:55:03 PM

Title: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 09, 2014, 03:55:03 PM
(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/whatisthis/what_is_it.png)

(http://nzpws.net/nzwn/whatisthis/whatisthis39.jpg)

This is an older model of what it is :)
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 09, 2014, 06:08:30 PM
A volt meter of some kind

A very old radio

Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: intrepid on February 09, 2014, 06:10:28 PM
It's it a communication cable selector?
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 09, 2014, 11:41:22 PM
Tricky as to how to answer you Intrepid.

Be more specific please :)
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: intrepid on February 10, 2014, 04:59:26 AM
its an undersea comms cable selector?

I think the N E S W N are the directions that the cables go from the point of origin and the little switch underneath selects which cable you want to use.

As a guess....
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Phil on February 10, 2014, 07:47:01 AM
I know what it is as my Father in law has one!!!
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 10, 2014, 09:45:57 AM
A wind directional finder

A wind measuring device

Something to do with barometric pressure

A magnetic pole finder
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 10, 2014, 11:04:27 AM
No to all the above.
Go down a different path Intrepid. Forget any cables.
Remember it is old, like old old...lol

Shhhh Phil :)
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 10, 2014, 11:19:40 AM
Something to do with telephones

A milking machine

Wonder if I can bribe Phil lol

Is it electrical?
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 10, 2014, 12:59:15 PM
The Enigma machine

Christopher Columbus's compass

Could we please have a teeny weeny clue?
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 10, 2014, 06:25:48 PM
Ok the N S E and W tell you it is something to set direction.

Go back to in time. Say the 1970s.
What was around and what was not around.
What would need to be set to N S E and W back then.

Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Mark on February 10, 2014, 07:44:05 PM
remote control
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 10, 2014, 07:50:40 PM

But to what and to do what?
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 10, 2014, 08:13:06 PM
TV aerial

CB radio

Ham radio ( that's intrepids input)
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Mark on February 10, 2014, 08:14:02 PM
This dose not have up,down,left,right.

But also must not be radio remote as it has a wire coming out of it.

A pointer of some kind..
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 10, 2014, 08:20:50 PM

and what does ( did) it do.

Quote
A pointer of some kind..

Pointing where, why :)
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Mark on February 10, 2014, 08:32:53 PM
traffic flow
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: TokWW on February 10, 2014, 09:21:39 PM
A compass device connected to an antenna the radio inspectors used to find folks with radios in their homes using the modulated signal of the IF superhet stages in old radios.
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: iomkiwi on February 10, 2014, 10:31:00 PM
radio direction finder - to find signals going into houses and make sure that house had paid it's licensing fees?
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 10, 2014, 11:57:19 PM

Babs is on the right track with this guess.

iomkiwi is sorta on the right track.

Nearly there. Read both these guesses and try again.
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: JennyLeez on February 11, 2014, 12:00:55 AM

Now who would do that. Really!! Toko...lol
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 11, 2014, 08:20:02 AM
An antenna rotater
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 11, 2014, 12:03:12 PM
Or a TV aerial rotator
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39? - Answer
Post by: JennyLeez on February 11, 2014, 12:48:54 PM
Yes correct Babs it used to allow you to rotate your TV antenna, bringing in digital and HDTV programming from all directions without having to get on the roof.
Title: Re: What is it - Object 39?
Post by: Babs on February 11, 2014, 04:26:27 PM
I got some help from the resident genius who lives here!

I had better stop doing these and let someone else have a go at getting the correct answer