weird rack unit

[Adrian Stoness]

there was equipment like up here in the 60's for exploration that actualy
was featured in national geographic in 68? for looking for ore bodies

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 2:18 PM Christian Kennedy via cctalk <
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> On 8/7/20 4:34 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
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> > The OCO looks nice. Timing gear maybe?
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> Looks like a mid 70's - early 80's three-axis fluxgate magnetometer.
> The precision of a fluxgate is a direct function of the stability of the
> frequency source that is driving the drive winding, so an OCXO makes
> perfect sense.
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> My offhand guess would be oil and gas exploration.
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