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HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine
Message #1 Posted by Jeff Davis on 19 Apr 2009, 11:25 a.m.

I just found a pic from the May issue of CQ Magazine. Is that an HP-41C?

http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/CQ%20MAY09%20Cover.jpg

Edited: 19 Apr 2009, 11:30 a.m.

      
Re: HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine
Message #2 Posted by Dan Grelinger on 19 Apr 2009, 11:59 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis

I looked at it. I don't think it is an HP-41C. I think it is TWO HP-41s. Probably CX's; if I know amatuer radio types. Into things temporal.

      
Re: HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine
Message #3 Posted by BruceH on 19 Apr 2009, 12:00 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis

Quote:
Is that an HP-41C?
No, it's a bloke sitting in a chair. Any chance of you being slightly more explicit as to where we should be looking?
            
Re: HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine
Message #4 Posted by Jeff Davis on 19 Apr 2009, 12:42 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by BruceH

Sorry for not telling you the exact location. Most HP-41 users would spot it quite fast. Look on the shelf in front of the operator.

                  
Re: HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine
Message #5 Posted by BruceH on 20 Apr 2009, 6:04 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Jeff Davis

I saw that but thought it looked too wide for the length to be a 41 so ignored it. (It could just be a perspective thing though.) Also doesn't seem to be any hint of lettering on the front edge but that wouldn't necessarily show up.

      
I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #6 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 19 Apr 2009, 2:02 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Jeff Davis

it appears to be an HP 41 ? sitting on, maybe, an infared printer?

Cheers, Geoff

            
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #7 Posted by Maximilian Hohmann on 19 Apr 2009, 4:04 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Geoff Quickfall

Hello!

Quote:
sitting on, maybe, an infared printer?

I think its another 41. And both are set on some kind of calculator stand. What a pity that in real life you cannot zoom into digital images like they do in TV series like CSI ...

Greetings, Max

                  
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #8 Posted by Eric Smith on 20 Apr 2009, 3:41 a.m.,
in response to message #7 by Maximilian Hohmann

Quote:
What a pity that in real life you cannot zoom into digital images like they do in TV series like CSI ...

Which they lifted from the film Bladerunner.

Recently the (prop) manual for the Voight-Kampff machine in the film was auctioned off, but AFAIK there isn't a manual for the photo zooming machine.

                  
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #9 Posted by Katie Wasserman on 20 Apr 2009, 12:44 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Maximilian Hohmann

Dear Sherlock,

True that zooming in doesn't help, but you could resort to the postal system and email KL7HFI ~at~ att.net to inquire about it. Making the cover of CQ makes you a celebrity of sorts and I'm sure that Mr. Prindle would appreciate your interest in his collectibles.

Your humble servant, Watson

Edited: 20 Apr 2009, 12:46 p.m.

                        
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #10 Posted by Jeff Davis on 20 Apr 2009, 5:56 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Katie Wasserman

Katie,

I sent him a message last night. I will post when he responds.

                              
Not just a blow up....
Message #11 Posted by Geoff Quickfall on 20 Apr 2009, 8:26 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by Jeff Davis

I used photoshop and then tried to sharpen image and sharpen edge. Then expanded the magnification and filled in the missing resolution by hand.

I now know what it is:

Its extremely rare but I am sure it is an HP 84 CX! Or just two 41C's stacked!

;-)

Edited: 20 Apr 2009, 8:26 p.m.

                                    
Re: Not just a blow up....
Message #12 Posted by Randy on 20 Apr 2009, 9:11 p.m.,
in response to message #11 by Geoff Quickfall

My money is on a 41C sitting atop a CV or CX.

Awaiting Sherlock's report with baited breath...

                                          
Or send a post card
Message #13 Posted by Allen on 20 Apr 2009, 9:39 p.m.,
in response to message #12 by Randy

We could just Send him a post card and ask... you know, like the good old days when snail mail WAS the fastest way! GRIN

                              
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #14 Posted by Jeff Davis on 25 Apr 2009, 1:17 p.m.,
in response to message #10 by Jeff Davis

I did get a response: " Thanks for your note, yes, I own three of them. I purchased one new right after they hit the market and obtained the other two a few years ago being thrown away by the local government. When I got my first one I used it so much I wore out the period button and had to send it back to be fixed. Two of them have battery packs and one has the rechargeable pack. They all work, but I don't have the charger for the rechargeable pack. One has the plug for the printer but I don't have one. I also have two memory cards plus a navigation package. I use two of them often, I prefer it to the regular types. I have used the nav pack quite often until GPS came on the scene. The third one is a spare, being I don't have the charger for it." These are all CX units.

Edited: 25 Apr 2009, 5:54 p.m.

                        
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #15 Posted by bill platt on 20 Apr 2009, 10:27 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Katie Wasserman

LOL for real!

                              
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #16 Posted by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) on 20 Apr 2009, 10:52 p.m.,
in response to message #15 by bill platt

Now, that's a grungy J38, and I hope you weren't using the 7991.7 crystal on the ham bands!!

73, Dave W8MIF

                                    
Re: I have tried to resolve the image and here it is...
Message #17 Posted by bill platt on 20 Apr 2009, 11:55 p.m.,
in response to message #16 by Dave Shaffer (Arizona)

7991.7 :-0

Actually trimmed to run 145.95 in my Gonset Communicator.

That J-38 *is* grungy! It is my father's from the 1940s.

Now, here is dreaming of the futre. Someday,. maybe someday...http://www.contesting.com/articles/294


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