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NordMende UW 342 RF generator

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The NordMende UW 342/03 is an RF signal generator from the early sixties. I bought this one on a radio flea market but now I must find out how it works.

The UW 342 is a VHF and UHF generator covering frequencies from 4 to 900 Mhz. It is also a “wobbler”, a sweep generator.

  Case opened, view from the back

Case opened, view from the back

I don't yet know the complete valve line-up. What I have seen is:

I bought this signal generator through on a radio flea market of the Rotterdam Radio Museum in 2005. I thought this would be a nice generator to test FM receivers. The front is a bit dull and the case is a bit scratched. But on the inside, it seems to be in perfect condition.

It has two 60 Ω coax outputs. It seems to have two oscillators. One of them covers a lot of bands from 4 Mhz to 900 MHz. There is a sweep control. Two other knobs I don't understand. On the front, there are also two pin plug receptacles, maybe these are the sweep output.

  An inside view, from the top.

An inside view, from the top.

Now I need to find the documentation. Maybe I can find some help... And maybo someone has a spare tuning knob, as one of the tuning knobs is a bit broken.

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