1 Topic by Mr. Maximal (edited by Mr. Maximal 2009-09-04 17:09:50)

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Topic: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

Here we go:

My friend nicked some old equipment from an old (russian?) submarine that is scuttled in the Amsterdam harbour.

He has no clue what it is. I think it is some kind of amplifier module for radio equipment.

Here it is:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa313/Florosch/IMAG0079.jpg

Can someone translate what's on there? I tried babelfish and shit but that don't work in this case.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

tottieheid can speak fluent russian, usually poetry. Im sure he'll be on this as soon as he sees it.

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

or deutschmark

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

or ratsnake

5 Reply by jayoverdose (edited by jayoverdose 2009-09-04 18:48:23)

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

it says touch and die you capitalist pig

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

Well I have no clue what it might be as well.
Here are the inscriptions: on/off/on/off on the round thing, "on-board power system", F403, ground, F404 (wtf??)
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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

"?403 - ????? - ?404" somehow looks so evil I will have nightmarwes about it.

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

it's probably radioactive..

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

can't read russian but it looks a lot like an acoustical fishing aid. i bought one from a flea market ages ago thinking it would generate sounds. it doesn't.

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10 Reply by Mr. Maximal (edited by Mr. Maximal 2009-09-04 22:15:07)

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

Thanks guys,

I think there is a tube (as in tube amp) inside. That's what gave me the amplifier cue. You can take it apart real easily and apparently put all kinds of modular crap in.

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

You think you can actually use it?

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

ytz wrote:

can't read russian but it looks a lot like an acoustical fishing aid. i bought one from a flea market ages ago thinking it would generate sounds. it doesn't.

i got it.. it's an infrasound amplifier for a drexcian fish party
more likely an anti collision or ground detector device..
maybe it does sounds you cannot hear

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

Kenzaburo wrote:

You think you can actually use it?

No just curious.

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

woah, missed this. intriguing, but beyond what the text means I've no idea either. A mate of mine was good friends with the ex-commander of a sub in Petersburg, maybe I could e-mail him the photo.

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Re: Help! Mystery equipment from behind the iron curtain.

Yeah that would be awesome! Thanks for your interest.

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