Hi As the “prime” for that sort of operation, they could easily have sub-contracted all sorts of things to many different places. The net result could have been all sorts of items made by various outfits that ultimately got a WE tag on them.
Bob > On Jun 5, 2016, at 8:36 AM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On 6/5/16 4:40 AM, Eric Scace wrote: >> http://www.loran-history.info/Johnston_Island/Johnston%20-%20OSC%20Msg%20221416Z%20Oct%2064.pdf >> states than an O-451/U oscillator was shipped to the Johnston Island LORAN >> station in 1967. We are getting closer... >> >> I am the owner of O-451A/U serial number 11. I would appreciate any >> documentation that people uncover. Although the USCG property tag says >> Western Electric was the contractor, some have suggested the construction >> reminds them of General Radio practices... >> > > Western Electric operated Sandia Corporation(the civilian nuclear weapons > development and production company) starting in 1949 when it was split off > from Los Alamos. Immediately post war, University of California, who > operated Los Alamos, didn't want to be involved in weapons development, so it > was split off. > > Historically, there has been a pairing of a Sandia facility with Los Alamos > and Livermore. > > Johnston Island has been used for rocket launches and various nuclear testing > for years (e.g. Teak, Dominic), as well as nuclear detection and > anti-satellite research. > > It is no surprise that Western Electric would be sending timing equipment to > Johnston Island. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
