[Amps] What exactly is a GDO ?

[Bill Turner]

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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:14:57 +0200, you wrote:


>Ahem - I have been trying to guess from all the posts what a GDO is...
>
>Wikipedia says something I take for a different meaning: http:// 
>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDO
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>I do know a GDM (grid dip meter) so I guess it's something similiar?  
>Thx for enlightening me.
>
>73 Frank DG1SBG

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Same thing, sorry for the confusion. 

Grid Dip Meter = Grid Dip Oscillator

Often the name itself is wrong because newer ones use transistors
which have no grid of course. Old habits die hard. :-)

"Dip Meter" would be a more accurate name, I'd think.

Bill, W6WRT