HP-41C on Cover of CQ Magazine

[Jeff Davis]

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.

[Dan Grelinger]

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.

[BruceH]

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Is that an HP-41C?

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No, it's a bloke sitting in a chair. Any chance of you being slightly more explicit as to where we should be looking?

[Jeff Davis]

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.

[BruceH]

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.

[Geoff Quickfall]

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

Cheers, Geoff

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

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sitting on, maybe, an infared printer?

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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

[Eric Smith]

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

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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.

[Katie Wasserman]

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.

[Jeff Davis]

Katie,

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

[Geoff Quickfall]

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.

[Randy]

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

Awaiting Sherlock's report with baited breath...

[Allen]

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

[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.

[bill platt]

LOL for real!

[Dave Shaffer (Arizona)]

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

73, Dave W8MIF

[bill platt]

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