From: military-radio-guy Full-Name: Dennis R Starks To: military radio collectors#1, military radio collectors#2 Fcc: Sent Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 08:13:57 Subject: Military Collector's Group Post,Oct.8/97 Message-ID: <19971008.081248.10391.4.military-radio-guy@juno.com> X-Status: Sent X-Mailer: Juno 1.38 Military Collector's Group Post,Oct.8/97 Index; NEW BOOK,BRUSH UP ON YOUR GERMAN NEW GUY'S ON THE BLOCK AOL HOAX ?? SOME MORE MEMBERS WANT'S/TRADE'S MORE BAD HUMOR(wheres the hell's the good stuff?) ******************************************************* NEW BOOK,BRUSH UP ON YOUR GERMAN; The FuG III is an old fashion Telefunken aircraft set but widely used, which were, slightly different, manufactured for the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) as well. Yes we can help you, but please tell us first what part(s) your friend has got, so we can respond on his particular case. My book concerning the Huff-Duff versus German U-boat wireless communications is to be delivered after approx. 15 th November this year. But it will be published in the German language! It contains information about Enigma and Ultra; wireless propagation; HF/DF in theory and dealing extencively about the British FH 4 (Huff-Duff) receiver; the Kurier fast transmission system as well as the Giant Goliath VLF transmitter (1000 kW) world's first mega watt tube transmitter; as well as about the wireless organisation of the U-boat's Kriegsmarine; etc., etc... All photo's are never been published before!! The price will be only DM 65, (323 pages) exclusive mailing fee. Regards, Arthur O. Bauer ******************************************************* New guy's on the block, meet Glen, Chuck Hello Dennis, I just read your invitation and Boy! are we excited! (My friend and I share this interest, but he doesn't have an Email yet. So, hopefully it's OK to talk in the plural.) Our interest is primarily in military manpack/vehicular-mount radio sets. And test equip. in maintaining any of the above. And military vehicles. The want list is as follows: Collins HF radio equip. M880 set-up for RATT. The guidelines are acceptable. We would like to join the group. Thanks, Glen Galati and Chuck Driskell eldim@worldnet.att.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Lamb, 1246 Chestnut Lane, Vinton, VA 24179 / email I am interested in mil. radio restoration and operating. The types I am most interested in are GRC-19, R390, R391 and R390A. Contact me if you have T-195 parts for sale or trade. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just recently bought a house (I outgrew the old apartment, partly because of the large deposits of green electronics behind every chair, sofa, table and closet door!), and I am busy painting things, moving walls around, and pulling new dedicated power circuits into the future radio room. For now, my radio-related hobbies are on hold and in storage until their new radio room/workshop is done (probably a few more months of weekends), so my have/want list is temporarily "empty". I think I'll need to get a T-195 to match my R-392 sometime (I'm pulling 240V into the radio room to help feed the power supply...), but it'll be a few months before I'm ready to start accumulating the heavy green stuff again. I'm hoping to get my workshop up and running in time to get some gear ready for next year's military radio collector's group (MRCG) meeting. > Member profiles; I'd like to compile a member profile, it should > include the following. > #1), your interest in collecting, what? > #2), your full name & email address(at least) > #3),why you collect? 1) My collection is currently mostly 1950's ground-pounder FM gear around 50 MHz (like the RT-68 and other similar gear). I'm potentially interested in anything I can use on a Ham band. I'm currently a no-code tech, but I eventually plan to upgrade so I have an excuse to get more HF gear. I'm interested in newer gear, too, but just haven't managed to afford too much of it yet. Test equipment that helps me work on my green radios interests me, too. I'm less interested in older gear than in the 1950's and later stuff. My oldest piece of gear is a 1943 BC-221M, and my newest piece of gear is a Trimpack GPS receiver (I think I got one of the last ones Fair sold out of last year's catalog). Both work great; a lot of the in-between stuff needs a lot of fixin', though! 2) Mark J. Blair 3) Why do I like the green stuff? I'm an engineer. With most non-military stuff, you can't engineer it very much before it gets too expensive; most civvy gear seems pretty flimsy to me. Most of the military gear was obviously designed with much more emphasis on function than on cost (for example, look at the amazing workmanship of the R-392, and compare it to most civilian gear from the same era). That appeals to me. Oh, and there are all of the other usual reasons, too: They're big, they're heavy, they're smelly, they're green! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis, Thanks for the invitation to join the mailing list for military radio equipment. I accept your offer, and I will behave. My current interests focus on Collins military WWII and later equipment, but I *really* want to find one of those wonderful old 3-5KW single phase gas gensets like we used to get issued by Army Mars back in the sixties. You remember those? Mounted on a trailer, they would run all day on a little gasoline and worked wonders for field day excursions. Don Reaves WA5BBS dr@cei.net Little Rock 72211 ******************************************************* AOL HOAX ?? Total absolute nonsense! I've been a software engineer for over 30 years. This story has all the earmarks of a disgruntled ex-employee trying to cause trouble for AOL by inciting panic among their subscribers. It is natural to be a little uncertain about just what is going on inside that computer of yours. Don't let this malicious person leverage that uncertainty by taking him seriously. When you think about it, it is just a variation on the old "virus" scares that still pop up once in awhile. Sleep well. AOL has more important things to worry about. So should you. Dick Flanagan -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada (South of Reno) http://www.qsl.net/w6old/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would be suspicious... If this is true, then AOL is taking a *huge risk* - it just doesn't seem very likely to me. If any hacker could demonstrate it, AOL would be "history" as a company. More likely, one of the many dissatisfied AOL customers has started the chain letter as a way of making AOL squirm. Pete ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One more thing: The term "master programmer" is bogus, as far as I know - terms like that are aimed at people who know nothing about programming. Also, there is no such thing as "sworn to secrecy" in a big company - it just doesn't happen, and no big company would be stupid enough to think that a bunch of high-IQ engineers are going to be great at keeping secrets! Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis/All: This has all the hallmarks of an internet hoax. Lots of people on the net would LUV to give AOL a black eye, and this is just the kind of thing they would pull. However.....I've worked in close quarters with government stuff for years and I'll add this word to the wise; Uncle Sam is *NOT* your friend. Your government is 190% capable of this. 73 Dave AB5S **************************************************** SOME MORE MEMBERS WANT'S/TRADE'S; ------------------------------------------------- John Mackesy PO Box 87 Mt. Evelyn Victoria 3796 Australia About John Mackesy... My main radio interest is airborne equipment of the '50s & '60s, especially HF transceivers and Auto Direction Finders. I collect (and operate!) this gear because I find it technically interesting, and because I feel these devices need to be preserved as operating entities. Being ex-Air Force could also be a factor. Having said all that, a growing interest in PRC-** is stirring within me. Anyone needs advice on Collins 618S, 618T, 51X2, ARN-14, Bendix MN-26, SCR-269, ARN-7, ARN-6, Lear ADF14 or Marconi AD7092 - feel free to ask. I also have quite a collection of Cannon plugs that needs deproliferating. Needs - only a few: ARN-6 electric tuning parts (controller, motor drive), ARC-27 front panel blower B1401, SELCAL module and 1 Khz CW mech filter for 618S (or ARC-38), 618T (ARC-94, ARC-102) oscillator module John Mackesy VK3XAO - Collins operator, Mini-Moke driver ----------------------------------------------------- Trade: BC348 (2) ROUGH BUT RESTORABLE BC224 (1) PARTS ONLY MODULATION AND MIKE TRANSFORMER FOR ART13 AND ALSO TCS-12 KOREAN WAR VINTAGE TANK TRANSMITTER (its in storage so I don't have the BCxxx no. Made by Zenith Radio VHF unit with MOPA architecture, 815's SCR274 5.3-7mhz TX, 6 or 7 on scale of 10 APX-6 Transponder, complete with Strontium Isotopes. Condition 9/10 BC645 IFF Transponder 7/10 to 8/10 WANT: ART-13 Control Boxes and cables. TCS-12 Dynamotor Supply. Mounting Rack for ARR-15 (Collins Auto Tune RX companion to ART-13. RU Equipment, particularly Transmitter Unit, Control Boxes, and Dynamotor. My interest in collecting is to be able to get a good, representative TCS12 set-up capable of being operated during field day, an ART13 set up using the BC348, and ARR15 operating from a HB supply (I don't want to put up with the dynamotor noise!) and a good RU unit. I'm interested in the RU unit primarily to see just how well (or poorly) a set of that era (mid thirties) works. A good ARC2 would also be nice, but try and find one! Name: Paul Monroe Address: 303 Cornelia St. Janesville, WI 53545 (608)-756-9757 e-mail pmonroe@jadebbs.com Why do I collect? I am a technology freak, and I enjoy using and restoring the best that any era had to offer. The old boatanchors were the 200 mHz Pentiums of their day, the best of the era. I have a great deal of respect and admiration for the old time engineers and enjoy keeping their stuff alive. In addition to boat anchors I also collect old electric instruments from the 19th and early 20th century. Same reason. I have a Weston voltmer with a calibration tag dated March, 1900. The rated accuracy is 1/4% of FS and, today, 97 years later, it still holds it. Whoever designed that meter knew what they were doing. 73, Paul W9MEH ------------------------------------------------- Dennis,Some additional wants to add to my list. GO9 800Hz power supply, or 220V 60Hz power supply GO9 covers. SCR-AN-183 radio set. thanks Steve's Got RT-662 Trouble. Actually, I have a problem with my RT-662 in my GRC-106. Any experts on the list? The problem started out as being very low drive from the exciter on higher frequencies. Also on high frequencies when recieving all I got was a crackling sound. The problem then progressed to popping fuses. Steve D seems to think the problem is on the chassis but that's as far as we've got. In the meantime he loaned me another RX so I can still use the rig. Steve Hill VK4CZT 39 Banbury St. Carina. 4152. Brisbane. Australia. **************************************************** MORE BAD HUMOR(wheres the good stuff?) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here are two more for the aircraft maintenance list. Wonder if there was a Darwin Award back then? BILL WHEN I WAS IN THE AF IN THE MID 50'S I WAS THE PROJECT ENGR FOR OUT OF PRODUCTION AIRCRAFT, AND REVIEWED ACCIDENT REPORTS OF THESE AIR CRAFT. TWO THAT I CAN NOT FORGET ARE : 1 C-45 THAT WAS LANDED WITH WHEELS UP. PILOT SAID HE COULD NOT THINK BECAUSE THE UP WHEEL ALARM WAS MAKING SO MUCH NOISE! 2.TRAINEE IN T 28. HE HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO GO INTO A SPIN BECAUSE IT TOOK 3.5 REV.BEFORE THE PLANE COULD RECOVER. HE TRIED IT ANYWAY; GOT SCARED:JUMPED OUT: PLANE RECOVERED AND HIT HIM: HE AWOKE IN A PINE TREE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, and welcome to Bizarre!, proof once again that Darwin can't be wrong... In Modesto, CA Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately failed to keep his hand in his pocket... The Police Chief in Gold Hill, Oregon was fired this week after praying for a suspect she believed was possessed by the devil, and selling Mary Kay cosmetics out of her patrol car... Five hundred virgins marched on the White House this month, promoting celibacy and urging passing motorists to "honk for purity". Renate Verstraeten, a 17-year-old girl from the Netherlands, explained. "All over the world, virginity is something that is considered stupid. I'm a virgin."... remember kids, when it comes to abstinence, just say "no"... Diet tip of the week: Don't eat squirrel brains. The Lancet Medical Journal reports a link between human consumption of squirrel brains and a variant of Mad Cow disease... I guess they just expect me to starve... Another day, another Elvis sighting. Officials at Ripley's Believe it or Not! Museum in Los Angeles reported that a pair of the King's "special briefs", valued at $1300, disappeared on August 17, the 20th anniversary of his death. A museum spokesman characterized the thief as "choosy", because "a pair of Madonna's panties were untouched"... now that IS a first... A tourist at North Carolina beach died after the 8 foot hole he had dug in the sand collapsed on top of him. Daniel Jones was sitting in a beach chair at the bottom of the hole when the walls caved in... remind me again how we got to be the dominant species... Florida motorists are watching their rear-view mirrors this week after an appellate court ruled that rectal searches by police are legal. According to the Fifth District Court of Appeals, the removal of 54 grams of cocaine from a suspect's rectum by a member of the Orange County highway drug squad was "part of a legal patdown to make sure the man wasn't armed"... America, land of the free, home of the rectal patdown... Officials in Sweden are under public pressure to tell the truth about a government program of involuntary sterilizations. According to newspaper reports, as many as 60,000 "genetically inferior" people were sterilized in Sweden between 1935 and 1976... so that's how they get all those blue-eyed blondes... When Rae Bernard turned in his lottery ticket at a deli in Arlington, Virginia, the store owner took the ticket and told Bernard he had "won a free play". A few days later, Bernard realized he'd won more than that-- $6.8 million more. The deli owner is facing 20 years in prison... At $2 billion, the B-2 Stealth bomber is the most advanced aircraft in the world. Just don't get it wet. According to recent Air Force tests, the B-2 loses much of its ability to evade radar detection when exposed to such "severe climatic conditions" as water and humidity... hey, whaddya want for 2 billion?... Our Mail-order Product of the Week Award goes to the Right to Die Society of Canada, which is offering a do it yourself home suicide kit. For $40, they will deliver your "Exit Bag" kit, which includes a "sturdy clear plastic sack the size of a garbage bag, a soft elastic neckband and Velcro fasteners to ensure a snug fit", and detailed instructions for use... hey, if you really need detailed instructions, I'll loan you the 40 bucks... J.Z. Knight, a "psychic channel" for a 30,000 year old spirit named Ramtha, has successfully sued a Berlin woman in the Austrian Supreme Court for channeling the same spirit, and leaving Knight in "spiritual limbo"... Postmaster General Marvin Runyon said Monday the U.S. Postal Service "may earn another billion dollars in net income this year," making 1997 the third straight year for such profits... the only problem is that the check is in the mail...(ed; it might be noticed, that acording to the congressional mandate that created the US Postal Service, they are negated from makeing ANY profit.) The U.S. Civil Service Commission has issued the following directive in case of war: "In the event of an attack on the U.S. and until further notice: Section 831.107 of subpart A, and subsections 831.502 (B) one and two and (C) one and two of subpart E are suspended, and part M-831 is added to the regulations... too late, you're dead... Police in Alexandria, Egypt have arrested a head nurse who said she just "wanted to enjoy some peace and quiet during her working hours." Aida Nur Eddin is charged with killing at least 18 hospital patients with sleeping pills... A man in Hoover, Alabama is suing a McDonald's restaurant after claiming that he found a condom in his Big Mac. Jeff Bolling says he became violently ill when he realized that the extra-chewy part wasn't a pickle... It took a court order from a federal judge, but Bad Frog Beer has finally been outlawed in New York State. The state Liquor Authority apparently objects to the label, which depicts a frog making an obscene hand gesture,along with the slogan "Flip the Bird, Get a Frog." According to Attorney General Dennis Vacco, "Children and their parents in grocery stores should not be subjected to an obscene frog giving them the finger"... Authorities in Canada are warning of "dangerous fake cigars" being sold across the border to U.S. citizens. The counterfeit Cuban cigars mean big bucks for smugglers, but according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, some of the fake stogies are "padded" with poisonous banana leaves, floor sweepings from Cuban cigar factories, and human hair... Hey, gimme a Bad Frog Beer and a human hair cigar, and I'm good for the night... That's Bizarre!, and remember, it's all true... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some choice comments this week that made our Hall of Fame: "Magically delicious!" "Do you happen to know where I can buy a clue?" "I suddenly feel like catching the next comet that comes by." "I know it's bad for me but I LIKE IT!" "Take me to your village." "Are you my real father?" "Best news letter on the net." "If this isn't free somebody is gonna get one big law suit." "Didn't you guys miss a comet or something?" "You're like a booty man!" "I think you guys need a good spanking." "I base all my investment decisions on what you tell me." "I think I've found your marbles." "We have enough youth... how about a fountain of smart?" "He's dead, Jim...you grab his tricorder, I've got his wallet..." "You guys rode to school on the little bus, didn't you?" "I'm sending a copy to all my Amish friends." "Better than sex, mainly because I don't have a partner." "This seems to meet all my standards: free & stupid." "Are you toying with me?" W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE IN LONDON -- written from Central Spain, August 1812 Gentlemen, Whilst marching from Portugal to a position which commands the approach to Madrid and the French forces, my officers have been diligently complying with your requests which have been sent by H.M. ship from London to Lisbon and thence by dispatch to our headquarters. We have enumerated our saddles, bridles, tents and tent poles, and all manner of sundry items for which His Majesty's Government holds me accountable. I have dispatched reports on the character, wit, and spleen of every officer. Each item and every farthing has been accounted for, with two regrettable exceptions for which I beg your indulgence. Unfortunately the sum of one shilling and ninepence remains unaccounted for in one infantry battalion's petty cash and there has been a hideous confusion as the the number of jars of raspberry jam issued to one cavalry regiment during a sandstorm in western Spain. This reprehensible carelessness may be related to the pressure of circumstance, since we are war with France, a fact which may come as a bit of a surprise to you gentlemen in Whitehall. This brings me to my present purpose, which is to request elucidation of my instructions from His Majesty's Government so that I may better understand why I am dragging an army over these barren plains. I construe that perforce it must be one of two alternative duties, as given below. I shall pursue either one with the best of my ability, but I cannot do both: 1. To train an army of uniformed British clerks in Spain for the benefit of the accountants and copy-boys in London or perchance. 2. To see to it that the forces of Napoleon are driven out of Spain. Your most obedient servant, Wellington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bumper Stickers seen in passing... Seen today in San Diego: Honk if you're cute....Bark if you're ugly. UFO'S ARE REAL! It's the Air Force that doesn't exist! Driver Chews Tobacco, Please Pass On Right For A Small Town, This Place Has A Lot Of Assholes! People are more opposed to fur than leather because rich ladies are easier to harass than bikers. Vegetarians Taste Better ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITANT AGNOSTIC: I Don't Know And You Don't Either Sorry I missed church...I was busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian. If going to church makes you a Christian, does going to a garage make you a car? Come the rapture...can I have your car? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to get rid of Jehovah Witnesses... A friend of mine answered the door to find a couple of JW's. When they asked if they could talk him about god he just said in a load deep evil sounding voice "I WORSHIP SATAN! WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP ME WITH MY SACRIFICE!". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A little old unmarried lady daily observed young business executives going into a coffee house. They would run in, run to the bathroom, run out, get in line, pick up a coffee and using their fingers, then pick up two or three lumps of sugar out of the bowl on the counter. So, she complained to the manager. "It's unhygienic," she said. "Obviously these young executives are in too much of a hurry to even wash their hands. They rush straight out and handle the sugar lumps in the container we all have to use. You should provide a pair of tongs." The manager said that he would take care of her complaint. However, after a short time of watching every day, there wasn't a sugar tong in sight. She protested again and the manager took her into the gentlemen's bathroom, where he proudly showed her a set of tongs attached to a chain alongside each urinal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A sign on a wall at a local tavern states, "We don't have a town drunk...we take turns." Understand there was a mixup last Saturday night and six guys thought it was their turn. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The strangest thing about television is that commercials are never interrupted by special bulletins. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the time Willard pulled into a little town every hotel room was taken. "You've got to have a room somewhere," he pleaded. "Or just a bed - I don't care where." "Well, I do have a double room with one occupant," admitted the manager, "and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained in the past. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you." "No problem," the tired travelers assured him. "I'll take it." The next morning Willard came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. "How'd you sleep?" asked the manager. "Never better." The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?" "Nope, I shut him up in no time" said Willard. "How'd you manage that?" asked the manager. "He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room," Willard explained. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said, 'Goodnight, beautiful,' and he sat up all night watching me." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TOP TEN REASONS TRICK-OR-TREATING IS BETTER THAN SEX 10. Guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack. 9. If you get tired, wait 10 minutes and go at it again. 8. The uglier you look, the easier it is to get some. 7. You don't have to compliment the person who gave you candy. 6. Person you're with doesn't fantasize you're someone else. 5. If you get a stomach ache, it won't last 9 months. 4. If you wear your Batman mask, no one thinks you're kinky. 3. Doesn't matter if kids hear you moaning and groaning. 2. Less guilt the next morning. and, the #1 reason trick or treating is better than sex... 1. IF YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT,YOU CAN ALWAYS GO NEXT DOOR! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When finished reading use browser back button or go to http://www.prc68.com/MCGP/MCGP.html