MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, Aug. 12/98 Index: NAVAL HISTORY, Old Iron Sides; From Sheldon Wheaton MEMBERS WRITE; Cedar Rapids Hamfest, & 1981 Jane's Books. Aberdeen Museum Building Fund. Universal DC-DC Converter on the Web. GRC-109 Maitenance Kit Box Variations, HUMOR; *********************************************** NAVAL HISTORY, Old Iron Sides; From Sheldon Wheaton Wooden Ships and Iron Men. From "Oceanographic Ships, Fore and Aft", published by the Oceanographer of the Navy. It has to do with a cruise of the 204-foot frigate USS Constitution, commonly known as Old Ironsides, in 1779. It reads: On 23 August 1779, the USS Constitution set sail from Boston loaded with 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of water, 74,000 cannon shot, 11,500 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum. Her mission: to destroy and harass English shipping. On 6 October, she made Jamaica, took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum. Constitution reached the Azores, where she provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 6,300 gallons of Portuguese wine. On 18 November, the ship set sail for England where her crew captured and scuttled 12 English merchant vessels and took aboard their rum. But the Constitution had run out of shot. Nevertheless, she made her way unarmed up the Firth of Clyde for a night raid. Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery, transferred 40,000 gallons aboard and headed for home. On 20 February 1780, the Constitution arrived in Boston with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no whiskey. Just 48,600 gallons of water. Detailed analysis: Length of cruise -- 181 days Booze consumption -- 2.26 gallons per MAN per day (plus whatever they rescued from the 12 English merchant ships) Guestimated re-enlistment rate -- 100 percent, winner of the Secretary of the Navy Golden Anchor for Retention. Probable EPA Award of Gold Certificate for water conservation. *********************************************** MEMBERS WRITE; Cedar Rapids Hamfest, & 1981 Jane's Books. Dennis, The Cedar Rapids IA hamfest was held in Amana Iowa last weekend and featured a on-air demonstration of some late-model mil gear made by Collins. Jim Jones W0NKN had a pair of Collins 718T rigs on the air, 400 watts HF output on AM/SSB/FSK, remote controlled with thumbwheel-type frequency selection. I've got some good digital photos if anyone is interested. Also, I've found a source for the much-sought-after 1981 edition of Janes Military Communications. I don't know how many he has left, but these are new, unopened, in original shipping box. Contact: : CKuzel@aol.com KEVIN M. KUZEL, USNR /Ret. CONCISE ACCOUNTING 1734 KINGSLEY AVE. ORANGE PARK, FL 32073 for pricing and availability. 73, Bob W9RAN ed) thats where I got my first Jane's, and it was an 81. He must have gottin a BUNCH of um, as that was 10 years ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aberdeen Museum Building Fund. Dennis: I have the brochure that the guy from Aberdeen was handing out and will make photocopies and mail it out to anyone on the list who is interested in contributing to this very worthwhile cause. Contributions start at a suggested rate of $35. NOTE: according to the gentleman from Aberdeen, the US Govt, the State of MD, the Smithsonian and the US Army are absolutely NOT INTERESTED in helping out with funds or support of any kind for this preservation project. Therefore, they are going out for private funding to support the building project and future armor restoration. Their rationale is that since they have no space to store a huge armor exhibit, only selected pieces are being restored, which can be displayed inside buildings on the musume grounds. It will cost about $10 Million dollars to erect the 330,000 sq ft exhibit hall. We could have built 4 of the buildings for the current costs of the Whitewater investigation! One thing we capitalists can do well is waste money. 73 rich K7SZ Ed) I'd gladdly trade a couple park benches, and out houses!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Universal DC-DC Converter on the Web. Dennis, As an aid to our group, I have placed the two clean schematics for the PRC6/BC1000/CPRC26/BC611 DC-DC group project up on my new web page. http://www.hsv.tis.net/~rhogan/images/g1.gif http://www.hsv.tis.net/~rhogan/images/g2.gif For group privacy, these are not hot linked (clickable) on my web page. Users will have to know and manually enter the entire addresses as shown above. If you wish, I can put your instructional text up there as well with credits. What do you think? If you dont like the idea, I will delete them. Ralph WB4TUR Ed) Sounds great. Schematics, and text would be good. Include Group publication credits, and me as the author. The one at the end of each of our group post should do, that's what it's there for. All members should feel free to use any material published in the Group Post provided the proper credits to both this group as the original publisher, and the item's author are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRC-109 Maitenance Kit Box Variations, I now have 3 variations of the GRC-109 Maintenance Kit box. All are about the size and shape of a 30 cal ammo can, with a hasp-type fastener on each end, and painted black. 1) Unmarked. This is presumably what came with all RS-1 sets, and probably much of the GRC-109 production. 2) Lid tag: MK-833/GRC-109, Maint. Kit, Electronic Equip., DAAB05-68-M-8786, Robin Mfg. Co. Tag inside box: CY-4621/GRC-109, Case, Electronic Equip. Maint. Kit, DAAB05-68-M-8786. 3) Lid tag: CY-4321/GRC-109, Case, Electronic Equip. Maint. Kit, DSA900-77-C-3829, Wayne Novelty Co. Tag inside box: MK-633/GRC-109, Maint. Kit, Electronic Equip., DSA900-77-C-3829, Wayne Novelty Co. Note that the 2nd and 3rd types have their tag locations reversed. Note the number changes: CY-4621 vs. CY-4321, and MK-833 vs. MK-633. The 4621 and 833 numbers are what's shown in the GRC-109 manual. What is the difference between a DAAB05 contract and a DSA900 contract??? Pete McCollum *********************************************** HUMOR; Farmer Joe decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company responsible for the accident to court. In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning farmer Joe. "Didn't you say at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine,"' asked the lawyer. Farmer Joe responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the..." "I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just answer the question. Did you not say at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'." Farmer Joe said, "Well, I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the road..." The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the highway patrolman on the scene that he was fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question." By this time the judge was fairly interested in Farmer Joe's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say." Joe thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear ol' Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident a highway patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over to her. After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me." He said, "Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a beautiful deserted island in the middle of nowhere where the following people are stranded after a three hour tour: * 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman * 2 French men and 1 French woman * 2 German men and 1 German woman * 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman * 2 English men and 1 English woman * 2 Bulgarian men and 1 Bulgarian woman * 2 Swedish men and 1 Swedish woman * 2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman One month later on this beautiful deserted island in the middle of nowhere.... The 1st Italian man killed the other for the Italian woman..... The 2 French men and the French woman are living happily together in a "menage a trois".... The 2 German men have a strict weekly schedule of when they alternate with the German woman The 2 Greek men are sleeping with each other and the Greek woman is cleaning and cooking for them The 2 English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to the English woman The Bulgarian men took one look at the endless ocean, one look at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming. The two Swedish men are contemplating the virtues of masturbation while the woman keeps on bitching about her body being her own and the true nature of feminism. But at least it's not snowing and the taxes are low. The Irish began by dividing their island Northside-Southside and setting up a distillery. They don't remember if sex is in the picture, cause it gets sort of foggy after the first few litres of coconut-whiskey, but at least they know the English aren't getting any... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARDS THAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE... 1. So your daughter's a hooker, and it spoiled your day... Look at the bright side, she's a really good lay. 2. My tire was thumping.... I thought it was flat.... when I looked at the tire.... I noticed your cat... Sorry 3. You had your bladder removed and you're on the mends.... here's a bouquet of flowers and a box of Depends. 4. You've announced that you're gay, won't that be a laugh, when they find out you're one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 7. Heard your wife left you... How upset you must be... But don't fret about it .... She moved in with me 8. Your computer is dead... it was once so alive Don't you regret installing Windows 95? 9. You totaled your car... and can't remember why... could it have been... that case of Bud Dry? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So there's this blonde out for a walk. She comes to a river and sees another blonde on the opposite bank. "Yoohoo" she shouts, "how can I get to the other side?" The second blonde looks up the river then down the river then shouts back, "You are on the other side." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A lady awoke one morning and discovered her dog was not moving. She called her vet who asked her to bring the dog in. After a brief examination, the vet pronounced the dog dead. "Are you sure?", the distraught woman asked. "He was a great family pet. Isn't there anything else you can do?" The vet paused for a moment and said, "There is one more thing we can do." He left the room for a moment and came back carrying a large cage with a cat in it. The vet opened the cage door and the cat walked over to the dog. The cat sniffed the dog from head to toe and walked back to the cage. "Well, that confirms it." the vet announced. "Your dog is dead." Satisfied that the vet had done everything he possibly could, the woman sighed, "How much do I owe you?" "That will be $330." the vet replied. "I don't believe it", screamed the woman. "What did you do that cost $330?? "Well", the vet replied, "it's $30 for the office visit and $300 for the cat scan." *********************************************** (The preceding was a product of the"Military Collector Group Post", an international email magazine dedicated to the preservation of history and the equipment that made it. Unlimited circulation of this material is authorized so long as the proper credits to the original authors, and publisher or this group are included. For more information conserning this group contact Dennis Starks at, military-radio-guy@juno.com) ***********************************************