If there's one thing the Navy do not like, it's being shown up by another
branch. I heard tell of a newbie secretary who typed up some minutes and
put the attendees in alphabetical order. The Navy refused to attend the
next meeting until they were at the top - it's probably an 'urban legend'
but they like to be considered the 'senior service.'
David
G3UNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bob Cunnings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Wullenweber Array
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:40:47 -0700, Bob Cunnings wrote:
While we're at it, I remember that an FRD-10 was in operation at NSGA
San Diego which we called the "Dinosaur Cage". That was eons ago,
don't know if it still exists.
Imperial Beach. AFAIK it's been gone for quite a while. When
I first joined the FCC in the late Sixties, there were several
such monitoring installations that were co-located with NSG
facilities using their Type Ws.
The straw that broke the camel's back was when we DFed the
Appollo splashdowns to much greater accuracy than the Navy did,
using the same antenna. Their plotting system was computerized.
Ours was still the compass-and- string system dating from years
before WW-II. This emvarrassed them no end and they were in no
mood to renew the shared-use agreement when it ran out.
--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
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