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I'm currently working on the **Relays** chapter for a new title in a larger book series (
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRTXYMQW?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_sirpi).
Lately, during research I’ve noticed an increasing number of old Russian relays appearing on the market. The scrap seems so old—where are they all coming from?
Would there be any interest in compiling a more comprehensive list of these relays and providing detailed information about them?
Looking forward to your thoughts!
Hello.
In short, where do relays come from is war.
this and relays flying to us (I’m from Ukraine) with missiles.
Let's say the Ren 33 relay contains about 3 grams of silver.
or ren 34 it contains less than a gram of silver, and so on.
cross-border movements.
women and children can travel freely to Europe without visas.
and old supplies that are thrown away when I modernize Soviet-era military equipment.
and so on, so on.
Soviet relays are a very complex and confusing topic.
there are many types in which the weight and material of the contacts changed over time.
You have a mistake in your book.
the RES 22 relay never had palladium contacts.
there is either silver (0.293 grams of silver / nickel, magnesium alloy. 99%./1
or gold.
but again until 1974 the weight was the same, then the weight decreased, then in 1986 it decreased again because some of the contacts were replaced with silver with gold plated.
In addition, relays are very often counterfeited, for example Res 8, rewriting the year.
because there, too, until 1968 the weight of the contacts was the same, then until 1973, the weight decreased, and then the contact material completely became silver instead of platinum-irridium alloy.
then in 1984, silver-palladium alloy with gold plating appeared in select passports.
in general, I love relays, I can talk about them for a long time...
but still I have to constantly use reference books.
and my knowledge is the tip of the iceberg.
