Hello All

Mike Rowbottom mentioned the Apidictor recently.

At present, two electronic engineers one in Ireland and one in the USA are
working on a project to get an Apidictor up and running based on the
original design by Mr Woods a BBC engineer in the 30s.

I quote part of an e mail received from the American engineer recently.

>I too look forward to having hardware, but with some trepidation.  When we
>can make working units our frustration will begin, inasmuch as we have no
>idea how they should be calibrated.  There was an original Apidictor about
>30 miles south of here, but the owner died, and the unit has disappeared
>into oblivion.  Do you have access to an extant original unit?  Do you
>suppose Rex Boys has any idea how the Apidictors were calibrated?
>
>About the best I'll be able to do is to provide for trimpots (little
>screwdriver adjustments), one to set the sound level at which the green
>indicator goes off and the yellow comes on, and another for where the yellow
>goes off and the red comes on. I will not, however know the settings for
>these adjustments.
>

Is there anybody on the list who has any knowledge on the Apidictor or
better still knows where I can get my hands on one.

Any help will be greatly appreciated and I will arrange to update the list
on progress when the model is working.

Sincerely

Tom Barrett
49 South Park, Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland
Tel + 353 1 289 5269
Fax + 353 1 289 9940