[Amps] What exactly is a GDO ?

[Will Matney]

Bill,

My Heath HD1250, I think's the model, uses a FET. Since it has a gate, 
one could say it's a gate dip oscillator or GDO : )

Best,

Will

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On 8/3/06 at 7:21 AM Bill Turner wrote:

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>On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:14:57 +0200, you wrote:
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>>Ahem - I have been trying to guess from all the posts what a GDO is...
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>>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.
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>>73 Frank DG1SBG
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>Same thing, sorry for the confusion. 
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>Grid Dip Meter = Grid Dip Oscillator
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>Often the name itself is wrong because newer ones use transistors
>which have no grid of course. Old habits die hard. :-)
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>"Dip Meter" would be a more accurate name, I'd think.
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>Bill, W6WRT
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