[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] item of interest - UK vs. USA VHF/UHF

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Yeah, and as a ground radio maintenance troop,
I annotated many write-ups turned in by the
air traffic controllers as "VBH" meaning vacuum
between headsets.  Of course, there was a
specific code which basically meant the same.

Mac - K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ed Zeranski" <ezeran at ezeran.cnc.net>
To: <jfor at quik.com>, "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
CC: ARC-5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>, Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>,Milsurplus 
Radios <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,Mike Hanz <AAF-Radio-1 at cox.net>
Subject: RE: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] item of interest - UK vs. USA VHF/UHF
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:30:51 -0700


.....IMO, pilots likely have little patience when in the air and HF
propagation can
be variable, so they would immediately start cranking on the remote if a
reply
was not forthcoming. Trying to renet would be difficult at best.

-John

Oh Lawdy Me!!!!  The same can be said for back seat weapons officers in F4
Phantoms. I worked nights at a rework flight test facility on F4B/N aircraft
in the '70s. The adjustments for the radar indicators were available to what
ever sat in the back seat and the worst thing going was a test flier with a
5/16 socket and itty bitty screwdriver. Sometimes they could turn an
imagined glitch into a major alignment. The trouble ticket/job order was
usually signed off as "loose nut on hand control".

EdZ

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