Radar-Alaska
Story fun.
The Cobra Dane.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Dane
My older brother is an FAA engineer. He was installing a radar system on
Shemya and had to have some parts flown in. Through an odd turn of
events my sister rode out on the jet delivering the parts.
My sister worked for the local coffee roaster Kaladi Brothers. They used
to have a contest for the most extreme place to have a cup of their
coffee. So while she was on the runway she snapped a picture holding
her her cup of coffee. She had no idea what the big boxy thing in the
background was.
A few weeks later my brother looked up while standing in line to see my
sister's winning entry in a frame above the counter. He asked her to
take it down as the array was still classified at that time.
Whoops!
My older brother also told me of warming his lunch on the klystron tube.
ryan
On 3/1/16 3:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
North Warning System and DEW line as well, though some of those came
later.
On Mar 1, 2016 3:16 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
White Alice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System
There was one in Homer, AK I went poking around in a year or two
ago :)
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Eric Kuhnke
<[email protected]> wrote:
> With very early post-ww2 radar installations in Alaska guys
would go out and
> stand in front of the dish to get warm....
>
> On Mar 1, 2016 2:21 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> A quick and dirty method is whether or not you can feel warmth
or heat.
>> If so you may be getting damaged. I feels like a heat lamp.
If you feel
>> any warmth from the antennas come back down.
>>
>> It isn’t an emergency your are going to die go to the ER type
of thing,
>> but certain parts of your body are more susceptible to
biological heating
>> than others. I still cannot find backup for this, but I was
told many years
>> ago that the lens of your eye is one of the most susceptible
organs.
>>
>> As I recall the story, WWII Sailors would get warm in front of
radar
>> antennas while standing watch. They later developed cataracts.
>>
>> From: Christopher Gray
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 1:02 PM
>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems
>>
>> I'm hoping to do some work in a steeple that has cell phone
equipment. I
>> understand there are currently 6 sectors, and will soon be 9
sectors for
>> mobile phone service located behind the louvers.
>>
>> I would like to assess which work locations require disabling
the mobile
>> system (if any), and if there are specific exposure times
associated with
>> such work locations.
>>
>> 1 - Level above existing installation.
>> 2 - Same level as mobile system, but behind sectors.
>> 3 - In front of sectors, outside the structure.
>>
>> I appreciate any help or guidance. Thank you - Chris
