This receiver was found in a Radio Electronics from 1949. It is a superheterodyne of the time using 6 tubes.
We found this measurement circuit with a logarithmic scale in an Electronics Now from November 1995....
This circuit assumes that a pulse produced by S1 has a constant duration determined by R1 and C1....
This circuit is used for remote current monitoring. In the original version of the 80s a lamp is...